2 Samuel 16:9
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9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this (A)dead dog (B)curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”
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Exodus 22:28
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28 (A)“You shall not revile God, nor (B)curse a ruler of your people.
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2 Samuel 9:8
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8 And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for (A)a dead dog such as I?”
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2 Samuel 3:8
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8 Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I (A)a dog's head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.
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1 Samuel 24:14
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14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? (A)After a dead dog! (B)After a flea!
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1 Peter 2:17
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17 (A)Honor everyone. (B)Love the brotherhood. (C)Fear God. Honor the emperor.
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Acts 23:5
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5 And Paul said, (A)“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, (B)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
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Luke 9:54
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54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell (A)fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”[a]
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- Luke 9:54 Some manuscripts add as Elijah did
Jeremiah 40:13-16
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13 Now (A)Johanan the son of Kareah and (B)all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah 14 and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of (C)the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam would not believe them. 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, (D)and the remnant of Judah would perish?” 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.”
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Job 31:30-31
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30 ((A)I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his (B)meat?’
2 Samuel 3:30
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30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because (A)he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.
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1 Samuel 26:6-11
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6 Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother (A)Abishai the son of Zeruiah, (B)“Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.” 7 So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within (C)the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground (D)at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him. 8 Then Abishai said to David, (E)“God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand (F)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?” 10 And David said, (G)“As the Lord lives, (H)the Lord will strike him, or (I)his day will come to die, (J)or he will go down into battle and perish. 11 (K)The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord's anointed. But take now the spear that is (L)at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.”
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