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
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Bible References
With the scorning
Psalm 73:5
They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
Psalm 119:51
The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
Job 12:5
In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
Job 16:4
I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
Jeremiah 48:11
"Moab has been at ease from his youth and has settled on his dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; so his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Acts 26:24
And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind."
1 Corinthians 4:13
when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
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Proverbs 18:3
When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Lamentations 3:14
I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
Ezekiel 36:6
Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations.