But if the rulers hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say to you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king, and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, and we will not put you to death;

Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah and asked him. And he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they quit speaking with him; for the conversation had not been heard.

If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.

for prostitutes, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,

and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries.

But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,

For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be as God, knowing good and evil.

They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

And Moses sent to summon Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, but they said, We will not come up.

Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you rule to lord it over us?

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples devise a vain thing?

Let us break and tear away their bonds, and cast away their cords from us.

Then He shall speak to them in His anger, and terrify them in His wrath.

Jehovah shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not desire to have this man reign over us.

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

whom our fathers did not desire to obey, but thrust him away. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,

Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.

Obey those in authority over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a blasphemous condemnation, but said, The Lord rebuke you.

But these speak evil of things they do not know; and whatever they understand naturally, like animals without reason, in these things they corrupt themselves.

You shall not curse God, nor curse a chief of your people.

There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

The eye that mocks his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Do not curse the king, not even in your thoughts; and do not curse the rich, not even in your bedroom; for a bird of the air may carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.

Then Paul said, I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.

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