Job 34:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

who says to a king,‘Worthless man’ and to nobles,‘Wicked men,’

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 “You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
  • Prov 17:26 : 26 It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.
  • 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, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”
  • Acts 23:5 : 5 Paul replied,“I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written,‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”

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