1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised.
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
Acts 17:18
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? some others, He seemeth to be a setter-forth of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Acts 26:24
And as he was thus speaking for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee insane.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
2 Kings 9:11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? Why came this mad man to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
Proverbs 11:12
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Jeremiah 8:8-9
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain he hath made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the great hatred.
Matthew 5:11
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 10:22-25
And ye will be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 24:9
Then will they deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the son of man.
Luke 10:16
He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.
Luke 18:9
And he spoke this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Acts 9:16
For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Acts 17:32
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again concerning this matter.
1 Corinthians 1:1-3
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians 1:18-20
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:26-28
For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 3:2
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I wish ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 10:14-15
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
2 Corinthians 10:10
For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
2 Corinthians 11:19
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to fall into sin, and I burn not?
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 13:3-4
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given to us his holy Spirit.
1 Peter 4:14
If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.