Exodus 22:28
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28 “You shall not revile God or curse a leader of your people.(A)
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Acts 23:5
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5 And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a leader of your people.’ ”(A)
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Ecclesiastes 10:20
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20 Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts,
or curse the rich, even in your bedroom,
for a bird of the air may carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.(A)
Jude 8
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8 Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones.[a](A)
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- 8 Or angels; Gk glories
2 Peter 2:10
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10 —especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority.
Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,[a](A)
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- 2.10 Or angels; Gk glories
Titus 3:1-2
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Maintain Good Deeds
3 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,(A) 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show every courtesy to everyone.(B)
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Romans 13:2-7
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2 Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct but to bad. Do you wish to have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive its approval,(A) 4 for it is God’s agent for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority[a] does not bear the sword in vain! It is the agent of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.(B) 6 For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s agents, busy with this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
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- 13.4 Gk it
Exodus 22:8-9
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8 If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall be brought before God, to determine whether or not the owner had laid hands on the neighbor’s goods.(A)
9 “In any case of disputed ownership involving ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any other loss, of which one party says, ‘This is mine,’ the case of both parties shall come before God; the one whom God condemns shall pay double to the other.(B)
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Exodus 21:17
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17 “Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.(A)
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1 Peter 2:17
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17 Honor everyone. Love the family of believers.[a] Fear God. Honor the emperor.(A)
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- 2.17 Gk Love the brotherhood
Acts 23:3
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3 At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”(A)
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John 10:34-35
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34 Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law,[a] ‘I said, you are gods’?(A) 35 If those to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’—and the scripture cannot be annulled—
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- 10.34 Other ancient authorities read in the law
Psalm 138:1
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Psalm 32:6
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6 Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,[a] the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.(A)
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- 32.6 Cn: Heb at a time of finding only
1 Samuel 26:9
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9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”(A)
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1 Samuel 24:10
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10 This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave, and some urged me to kill you, but I spared[a] you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
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- 24.10 Gk Syr Tg: Heb it (my eye) spared
1 Samuel 24:6
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6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to raise my hand against him, for he is the Lord’s anointed.”(A)
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Psalm 82:1-7
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Psalm 82
A Plea for Justice
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:(A)
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah(B)
3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(C)
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(D)
5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding;
they walk around in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.(E)
6 I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;(F)
7 nevertheless, you shall die like mortals
and fall like any prince.”[a](G)
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- 82.7 Or fall as one man, O princes
Leviticus 24:16
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16 One who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death; the whole congregation shall stone the blasphemer. Aliens as well as the native-born, when they blaspheme the Name, shall be put to death.(A)
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