Job 34:18

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Is it right to say to a king, 'You are worthless,' or to nobles, 'You are wicked'?

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 Do not hold back offerings from your harvest or your wine presses. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
  • Prov 17:26 : 26 It is not good to punish the righteous or to strike nobles for their integrity.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs are due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 especially those who follow the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. They are bold and arrogant, and they are unafraid to slander celestial beings.
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 In the same way, these people also, relying on their dreams, defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious beings.
  • Acts 23:3 : 3 Then Paul said to him, 'God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?'
  • Acts 23:5 : 5 Paul replied, 'I did not realize, brothers, that he is the high priest; for it is written: “You must not speak evil of a ruler of your people.”'

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    12Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established by righteousness.

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    3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

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    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.

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    28For you say, 'Where is the house of the noble? Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

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    23Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

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    4Since the king’s word has authority, who can question him, saying, 'What are you doing?'

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    30He prevents godless men from ruling and laying snares for the people.

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