Lacking such love for their Father, Adam and Eve failed to defend his name against slander.

13. How does Ezekiel 36:23 highlight the core message of the Bible?

¹³ Does Jehovah accept such slander without defending himself?

In support of this, he told them: “You must not go around spreading slander among your people.

God commands his people not to go around spreading slander.

Guard Against Slander

Slander, though, is a false report intended to damage another person’s reputation.

Psalm 15:3 states that a guest in Jehovah’s tent “does not slander with his tongue, he does nothing bad to his neighbor, and he does not defame his friends.”

11. What is slander, and what action is taken toward unrepentant slanderers?

¹¹ The psalmist specifically mentions slander.

Slander is a false, malicious, and defamatory statement about someone.

That was malicious slander against Jehovah God!

If you care about people and your good reputation, the slander would make you feel bad, would it not?​—Prov. 22:1.

Does Jehovah feel pain because of such slander and its results?

In addition to misleading people, those lies also slander our Creator.

 8. As shown at Jeremiah 19:5, how do Satan’s lies about the dead slander Jehovah?

⁸ Satan’s lies about the dead slander Jehovah.

David believed Ziba’s slander and turned over all of Mephibosheth’s property to that liar!—2 Samuel 16:1-4.

Mephibosheth truly set a sterling example by enduring disability, slander, and disappointment.—2 Samuel 19:24-30.

Let us focus on two of these requirements​—avoiding slander and acting honestly in all our dealings.

With regard to these matters, David said of a guest in Jehovah’s tent: “He does not slander with his tongue . . .

So to God’s people, the slander against Jehovah’s holy name is the ultimate injustice.

Jehovah’s name will by then be completely sanctified, completely free of slander.

One of Satan’s goals is to slander the holy name of Jehovah God.

You want to defend truth and help to disprove the slander about our God, Jehovah.