28 “You must not call down evil upon God*+ nor curse a chieftain* among your people.+

43 So the Phi·lisʹtine said to David: “Am I a dog,+ so that you are coming to me with staves?” With that the Phi·lisʹtine called down evil upon David by his gods.*+

22 “How long will YOU inexperienced ones keep loving inexperience,+ and [how long] must YOU ridiculers desire for yourselves outright ridicule,+ and [how long] will YOU stupid ones keep hating knowledge?+

2 Just as a bird has cause for fleeing [and] just as a swallow for flying, so a malediction itself does not come without real cause.+

20 Even in your bedroom do not call down evil upon the king himself,+ and in the interior rooms where you lie down do not call down evil upon anyone rich;+ for a flying creature of the heavens will convey the sound and something owning wings will tell the matter.+

5 And Paul said: “Brothers, I did not know he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You must not speak injuriously of a ruler of your people.’”+