Jude 1:8

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

“ ‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious;

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

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

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

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

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

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”

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.”

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

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

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;

Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

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.”

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine,

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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.

He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

“ ‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon themselves.

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”

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.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your 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 the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.

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,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

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.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

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

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

“This is the law of the house. On the top of the mountain the whole limit around it shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

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.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

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

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

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

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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

With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”

Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up!

According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left.

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

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

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.

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”

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

But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

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