and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, ‘I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her evidence of virginity,’
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name upon a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife. He may not divorce her all his days.
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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