Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the
“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the
Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Mus
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young