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Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them— for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account— so that they may do this with joy, not groaning; for this would be unhelpful for you.
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1 Timothy 1 10
for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,
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1 Peter 2 17
Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
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2 Peter 2 10-2 Peter 2 12
and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt passion, and despise authority. Reckless, self centered, they speak abusively of angelic majesties without trembling,whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a demeaning judgment against them before the Lord.But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, using abusive speech where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed,
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Ecclesiastes 10:20
Furthermore, in your bedroom do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich person; for a bird of the sky will bring the sound, and the winged one will make your word known.
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Acts 23:5
And Paul said,“ I was not aware, brothers, that he is high priest; for it is written:‘ You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”
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Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘ We do not want this man to reign over us.’
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Jeremiah 38:25-28
But if the officials hear that I have talked with you and come to you and say to you,‘ Tell us now what you 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 you are to say to them,‘ I was presenting my plea before the king, not to make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.’ ”Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him. So he reported to them in accordance with all these words which the king had commanded; and they stopped speaking with him, since the conversation had not been overheard.So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured.
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Numbers 16:3
They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them,“ You have gone far enough! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
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Acts 7:27
But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying,‘ Who made you a ruler and judge over us?
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Psalms 2:1-6
Why are the nations restless And the peoples plotting in vain?The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers conspire together Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,“ Let’s tear their shackles apart And throw their ropes away from us!”He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying,“ But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
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Exodus 22:28
“ You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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1 Corinthians 3 17
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
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Jude 1:9-10
But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said,“ The Lord rebuke you!”But these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and all the things that they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
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Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.
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Genesis 3:5
For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil.”
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Psalms 12:3-4
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;Who have said,“ With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
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Proverbs 30:11
There is a kind of person who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
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Numbers 16:12-13
Then Moses sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said,“ We will not come up.Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also appoint yourself as master over us?
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1 Thessalonians 4 8
Therefore, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.
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Acts 7:39
Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him; on the contrary they rejected him and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,