In 1 Timothy 3:2, overseer qualifications include self-controlled and respectable — identical virtues required here for women, showing consistency.

In Psalm 15:3, the righteous do not slander, directly echoing the 'not slanderers' requirement here.

In Psalm 50:20, slandering a brother is condemned, reinforcing the prohibition against slander in this list.

In Psalm 101:5, God destroys the slanderer, underscoring the seriousness of the command here to not be slanderers.

In Proverbs 10:18, slander is called foolish, aligning with the call for women to be dignified and not slanderers.

In 2 Timothy 3:3, slanderers (diabolos) are listed among vices in the last days — directly parallels the prohibition here.

In Titus 2:3, older women are likewise told to be reverent and not slanderers, directly paralleling the qualifications here.

Titus 3:2 instructs believers to speak evil of no one — directly parallels the prohibition against slander (diabolos) here.

Leviticus 19:16 directly forbids slander among God's people — the same command applied here to deacons' wives.

Ephesians 4:31 commands putting away slander — directly parallels the instruction that deacons' wives must not be slanderers.

Titus 2:2 lists similar virtues for older men: sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith — mirroring the qualifications here.

In James 4:11, the same prohibition against slander is given to all believers, reinforcing the character requirement for deacons' wives.

In 1 Peter 2:1, believers are told to rid themselves of slander, echoing the requirement that deacons' wives not be malicious talkers.