"If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges [to see] whether he has put his hand into his neighbor's goods.

" For any kind of trespass, [whether it concerns] an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, [or] for any kind of lost thing which [another] claims to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him.

A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.

Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy.

They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are unstable.

But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes."

[A Psalm] of David. I will praise You with my whole heart; Before the gods I will sing praises to You.

Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?

"If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

" And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

And he said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he [is] the anointed of the LORD."

"Look, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and [someone] urged [me] to kill you. But [my eye] spared you, and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he [is] the LORD's anointed.'

And David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?"

Do not curse the king, even in your thought; Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom; For a bird of the air may carry your voice, And a bird in flight may tell the matter.

Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, [you] whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?"

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.' "

Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to [execute] wrath on him who practices evil.

For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,

to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.

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

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

Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.