Job 34:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
  • Prov 17:26 : 26 ¶ Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 ¶ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 ¶ But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they], selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 ¶ Likewise also these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
  • Acts 23:3 : 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
  • Acts 23:5 : 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

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