Psalm 123:4

We’ve had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.

Job 12:5

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

Psalm 119:51

The arrogant constantly ridicule me,
but I do not turn away from Your instruction.

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, “What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

Job 16:4

If you were in my place I could also talk like you.
I could string words together against you
and shake my head at you.

Psalm 73:5-9

They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.

Isaiah 32:9

Stand up, you complacent women;
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.

Jeremiah 48:27

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria—
the notable people in this first of the nations,
those the house of Israel comes to.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

Acts 17:32

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”

Acts 26:24

As he was making his defense this way, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad!”

1 Corinthians 4:13

when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the world’s garbage, like the dirt everyone scrapes off their sandals.

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Summary

Psalm 123:4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

With the scorning

General references

Proverbs 18:3

Lamentations 3:14

Ezekiel 36:6

Bible References