SLANDER
(See also Accusation; Gossip; Reviling)
against early Christians: w98 12/1 12-13
against Jehovah’s organization: w15 10/15 31
Bible examples:
Diotrephes: w06 1/15 21-22
Satan: w25.05 23; mwb24.09 3; scl 70; w20.06 3-6; w15 5/15 9; w06 1/15 21-22
Ziba slanders Mephibosheth: scl 70; it-1 266; it-2 373, 1234; w02 2/15 14-15
Bible usage: it-1 621-622
Bible view: w24.06 11; scl 70; w21.12 14; it-2 779; lvs 163; wp16.1 5; lv 137-138; w07 7/15 11; w89 9/15 27; w89 10/15 11-20
link with wine: w94 6/15 20
dangers: it-2 707; w14 2/15 23
discussion: it-1 989-991; w89 10/15 10-20
examples:
anti-Semitic: w01 8/1 3
media slanders Witnesses: yb12 28-29; w98 12/1 17-18
experiences:
young victim: g95 11/22 14
gossip differs: it-1 990; w89 10/15 10
how gossip can become: w02 11/15 17-18; w89 10/15 11-12
Greek word: w18.01 29; it-1 990; lv 137; w88 9/1 14
Law covenant:
husband slanders wife: it-1 494
likened to venom: it-2 1151
listening to, wrong: it-1 990
meaning of term: w18.01 29; it-1 989-990; wp16.1 5; lv 137; w89 10/15 10
compared to libel: g17.4 9
not committing: w06 1/15 21-22
properly reporting wrongdoing is not: it-1 990; w97 8/15 28; w89 10/15 14-15
response to slander: w18.08 6
Jehovah’s Witnesses: w98 12/1 17-18
sign of last days (2Ti 3:3): ijwbq article 185
within congregation: scl 102; od 145-148, 198; om 142-145