Acts 23:5

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were written on one side and on the other.

I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”

Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?

Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to Saul’s house your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman!

When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out whether or not he has put his hand on his neighbor’s goods.

The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men:

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and saying, “Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand will be with you, to bring all Israel around to you.”

Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”

in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared today that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.

Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.