Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Bible References

Proud

Psalm 119:21

You rebuke the presumptuous and arrogant, the cursed ones,
Who wander from Your commandments.
Psalm 123:3

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.
Jeremiah 20:7

[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.
Luke 16:14
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.
Luke 23:35
Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”

Yet have

Psalm 119:31

I cling tightly to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!
Psalm 44:18

Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,
Job 23:11

“My feet have carefully followed His steps;
I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
Isaiah 38:3
and said, “Please, O Lord, just remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth, and with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept greatly.
Isaiah 42:4

“He will not be disheartened or crushed [in spirit];
[He will persevere] until He has established justice on the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”
Acts 20:23
except that the Holy Spirit solemnly [and emphatically] affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me.
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us,