Psalm 123:4

Looking For God's Favor

³ Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, be gracious to us, for we are greatly filled with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud. Cross references: Psalm 123:1 : Ps 121:1; 141:8 Psalm 123:1 : Ps 2:4; 11:4 Psalm 123:2 : Prov 27:18; Mal 1:6 Psalm 123:2 : Ps 25:15 Psalm 123:3 : Ps 4:1; 51:1 Psalm 123:3 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 2:19; Ps 79:4 Psalm 123:4 : Job 12:5; Is 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 end of crossrefs

Contempt of the Proud

Amos

David

Job

Job 12:5

Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Psalm 119:51

The arrogant utterly deride me, yet I do not turn aside from your law.

Nehemiah 2:19

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us. They laughed at us and said: What are you doing? Will you go against the king?

Job 16:4

I too could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could compose words against you. And I would shake my head at you.

Psalm 73:5-9

They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued with problems like mankind.

Isaiah 32:9

Rise up, you women who are at ease. Hear my voice and pay attention to my word, you complacent daughters.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble you women who are at ease. Be troubled you complacent ones. Undress and put sackcloth on your waist,

Jeremiah 48:11

Jehovah said: Moab has always lived secure and has never been taken into exile. Moab is like wine left to settle undisturbed and never poured from jar to jar. Its flavor has never been ruined, and it tastes as good as ever.

Jeremiah 48:27

Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.

Jeremiah 48:29

Moab is very proud! I have heard how proud, arrogant, and conceited the people are, how much they think of themselves.

Amos 6:1

Those who are at ease in Zion and are secure in the mountain of Samaria will have trouble. You are the notable men of the foremost nations to whom the house of Israel comes!

Acts 17:21

The Athenians and the strangers who lived there spent their time doing nothing else except talking about and listening to new ideas.

Acts 17:32

Some mocked when they heard about the resurrection of the dead. Yet others said: We will hear you again concerning this.

Acts 26:24

While he was defending himself, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, you are beside yourself. Much learning has made you mad.

1 Corinthians 4:13

being slandered, we answer kindly. We are made as the filth of the world and are the refuse of all things to this day.