Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
Bible References
With the scorning
Psalm 73:5
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Psalm 119:51
The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.
The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.
Job 12:5
“He who is at ease has contempt for misfortune,
But misfortune is ready [and anxiously waiting] for those whose feet slip.
“He who is at ease has contempt for misfortune,
But misfortune is ready [and anxiously waiting] for those whose feet slip.
Job 16:4
“I also could speak like you,
If you were in my place;
I could compose and join words together against you
And shake my head at you.
“I also could speak like you,
If you were in my place;
I could compose and join words together against you
And shake my head at you.
Jeremiah 48:11
“Moab has been at ease from his youth;
He has also been undisturbed, and settled like wine on his dregs,
And he has not been emptied from one vessel to another,
Nor has he gone into exile.
Therefore his flavor remains in him,
And his scent has not changed.
“Moab has been at ease from his youth;
He has also been undisturbed, and settled like wine on his dregs,
And he has not been emptied from one vessel to another,
Nor has he gone into exile.
Therefore his flavor remains in him,
And his scent has not changed.
Acts 17:21
(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners visiting there used to spend their [leisure] time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)
Acts 26:24
While Paul was making this defense, Festus said loudly, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great education is turning you toward madness.”
1 Corinthians 4:13
When we are slandered, we try to be conciliatory and answer softly. We have become like the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.
General references
Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).
When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).
Lamentations 3:14
I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,
And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.
I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,
And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.
Ezekiel 36:6
Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy (love for that which is Mine) and in My wrath because you have endured the [shameful] insults of the nations.’