Exodus 21:17

17 a“Whoever curses
Or dishonors; Septuagint reviles
his father or his mother shall be put to death.

1 Samuel 24:6

6He said to his men, c“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is dthe Lord’s anointed.”

1 Samuel 24:10

10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. eAnd some told me to kill you, but I spared you.
Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew it [my eye] spared you
I said, ‘I will not put out my hand against my lord, gfor he is the Lord’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 26:9

9But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand hagainst the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”

Ecclesiastes 10:20

20Even in your thoughts, ido not curse the king,
nor in your jbedroom curse the rich,
for a bird of the air will carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.

Acts 23:3

3Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you kwhitewashed lwall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet mcontrary to the law you norder me to be struck?”

Acts 23:5

5And Paul said, o“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, p‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

Romans 13:2-7

2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you qwill receive his approval, 4for rhe is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, san avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also tfor the sake of conscience. 6For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 uPay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

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