Exodus 22:28
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28 (A)“You shall not revile God, nor curse a (B)ruler of your people.
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Acts 23:5
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5 Then Paul said, (A)“I did not know, brethren, 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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Ecclesiastes 10:20
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20 (A)Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.
Jude 8
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8 (A)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and (B)speak evil of [a]dignitaries.
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- Jude 1:8 glorious ones, lit. glories
2 Peter 2:10
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10 and especially (A)those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. (B)They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of [a]dignitaries,
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- 2 Peter 2:10 glorious ones, lit. glories
Titus 3:1-2
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Graces of the Heirs of Grace
3 Remind them (A)to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, (B)to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
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Romans 13:2-7
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2 Therefore whoever resists (A)the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will [a]bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? (B)Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5 Therefore (C)you must be subject, not only because of wrath (D)but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7 (E)Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
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- Romans 13:2 Lit. receive
Exodus 22:8-9
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8 If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the (A)judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.
9 “For any kind of trespass, whether it concerns an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, or for any kind of lost thing which another claims to be his, the (B)cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
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Exodus 21:17
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17 “And (A)he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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1 Peter 2:17
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17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear (A)God. Honor the king.
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Acts 23:3
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3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and (A)do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
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John 10:34-35
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34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, (A)‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 If He called them gods, (B)to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture (C)cannot be broken),
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Psalm 138:1
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The Lord’s Goodness to the Faithful
A Psalm of David.
138 I will praise You with my whole heart;
(A)Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
Psalm 32:6
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6 (A)For this cause everyone who is godly shall (B)pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
1 Samuel 26:9
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9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; (A)for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
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1 Samuel 24:10
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10 Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
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1 Samuel 24:6
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6 And he said to his men, (A)“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.”
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Psalm 82:1-7
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A Plea for Justice
A Psalm of Asaph.
82 God (A)stands in the congregation of [a]the mighty;
He judges among (B)the [b]gods.
2 How long will you judge unjustly,
And (C)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 [c]Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and (D)needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the (E)foundations of the earth are [d]unstable.
6 I said, (F)“You are [e]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
7 But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”
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- Psalm 82:1 Heb. El, lit. God
- Psalm 82:1 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
- Psalm 82:3 Vindicate
- Psalm 82:5 moved
- Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
Leviticus 24:16
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16 And whoever (A)blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the Lord, he shall be put to death.
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