Exodus 22:28
You must not blaspheme me, God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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In The King James Version
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
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Cross References
Exodus 13:12you must set apart to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn offspring of your animals that are males, will belong to Yahweh.
Exodus 22:8But if the thief is not found, then the owner of the house must come before the judges to see whether he has put his own hand on his neighbor's property.
Exodus 23:19You must bring the choicest firstfruits from your land into my house, the house of Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
1 Samuel 24:6He said to his men, “May Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Yahweh's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is Yahweh's anointed.”
1 Samuel 26:9David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can extend his hand against Yahweh's anointed one and be guiltless?”
Psalms 82:1God stands in the divine assembly; 1 in the midst of the gods he renders judgment. 1
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 →