Psalm 123:4

Our lives overflow with scorn from those who live at ease, with contempt from those who are proud. A Davidic Song of Ascents

Job 12:5

The carefree are thinking, "I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it.

Psalm 119:51

Even though the arrogant utterly deride me, I do not turn away from your instruction.

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat the Horonite, his servant Tobiah the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they jeered at us and despised us when they said, "What is this thing that you're doing? You're rebelling against the king, aren't you?"

Job 16:4

"I could also talk like you if only you were in my place! Then I would put together an argument against you. I would shake my head at you

Psalm 73:5-9

They do not experience problems common to ordinary people; they aren't afflicted as others are.

Isaiah 32:9

"As for you ladies of leisure Get up and listen to my voice! You daughters who feel so complacent hear what I have to say!

Isaiah 32:11

So tremble, you ladies of leisure! Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent! Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist! Then wrap yourself in sackcloth and beat your breasts.

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab has been at ease from his youth. He has been undisturbed like wine on its dregs and not poured from vessel to vessel. He has not gone into exile. Therefore, his flavor has remained, and his aroma has not changed.

Jeremiah 48:27

Wasn't Israel an object of mocking for you? Wasn't he treated like a thief, so that whenever you spoke about him you shook your head in contempt?

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard about Moab's pride he's very proud his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his conceit.

Amos 6:1

"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, to those who rest on the mountain of Samaria the famous men of the nations to whom the house of Israel came!

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.

Acts 17:32

When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."

Acts 26:24

As he continued his defense, Festus shouted, "You're out of your mind, Paul! Too much education is driving you crazy!"

1 Corinthians 4:13

When slandered, we answer with kind words. Even now we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe.

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Summary

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

Bible References

With the scorning

Psalm 73:5
They do not experience problems common to ordinary people; they aren't afflicted as others are.
Psalm 119:51
Even though the arrogant utterly deride me, I do not turn away from your instruction.
Job 12:5
The carefree are thinking, "I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it.
Job 16:4
"I could also talk like you if only you were in my place! Then I would put together an argument against you. I would shake my head at you
Jeremiah 48:11
Moab has been at ease from his youth. He has been undisturbed like wine on its dregs and not poured from vessel to vessel. He has not gone into exile. Therefore, his flavor has remained, and his aroma has not changed.
Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.
Acts 26:24
As he continued his defense, Festus shouted, "You're out of your mind, Paul! Too much education is driving you crazy!"
1 Corinthians 4:13
When slandered, we answer with kind words. Even now we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe.

General references

Proverbs 18:3
When an evil person comes, contempt also comes, along with dishonor and disgrace.
Lamentations 3:14
I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunts throughout the day.
Ezekiel 36:6
"Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and speak to its mountains, hills, ravines, and valleys. Tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Pay attention! In my zealous anger I'm speaking because you've had to endure the mockery of the world's nations."'"

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