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 like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.
they are not afflicted like most people.
Psalm 119:51 The arrogant constantly ridicule me,
but I do not turn away from Your instruction.
but I do not turn away from Your instruction.
Job 12:5 The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
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.
I could string words together against you
and shake my head at you.
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.
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.
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 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.
General references
Proverbs 18:3 When a wicked man comes, contempt also does,
and along with dishonor, disgrace.
and along with dishonor, disgrace.
Lamentations 3:14 I am a laughingstock to all my people,
mocked by their songs all day long.
mocked by their songs
Ezekiel 36:6
Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I speak in My burning zeal because you have endured the insults of the nations.