Exodus 22:28
Thou shall not revile the gods, nor speak maliciously (LXX/NT) of a ruler of thy people.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 13:12that thou shall set apart to LORD all that opens the womb. And every firstling which thou have that comes of a beast, the males shall be LORD's.
Exodus 22:8If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, [to see] whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
Exodus 23:19The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shall bring into the house of LORD thy God. Thou shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
1 Samuel 24:6And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed.
1 Samuel 26:9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
Psalms 82:1God stands in the congregation of God. He judges among the gods.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:26-31
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou… Read the whole commentary →