Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
Revised Version 1895
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 shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males shall be the LORD’S.
Exodus 22:8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.
1 Samuel 24:6And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, the LORD’S anointed, to put forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the LORD’S anointed.
1 Samuel 26:9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can put forth his hand against the LORD’S anointed, and be guiltless?
Psalms 82:1God standeth in the congregation of God; he judgeth 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 →