Bible Verse

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

1 Peter 3:16

Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.

John 10:6

After John`s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

Luke 7:24