Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, all
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a sland
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry you
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king a
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
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
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”