Psalm 123:4

Looking For God's Favor

³ Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

Contempt of the Proud

Amos

David

Job

Job 12:5

He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Psalm 119:51

The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.

Nehemiah 2:19

And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Job 16:4

I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;

Psalm 73:5-9

They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:

Isaiah 32:9

Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth on your loins!

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

Jeremiah 48:27

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, he is very proud; his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Amos 6:1

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

Acts 17:32

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

Acts 26:24

And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

1 Corinthians 4:13

insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now.