Psalm 31:11

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Summary

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

I was

Especially

Matthew 10:21

A fear

Bible References

I was

But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants;

How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers,
“Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten of God, and afflicted.

And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”

and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment.

So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

If you are reviled

for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Especially

loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him,
That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an

object of loathing to them;

I am shut up and cannot go out.

“He has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

“For even your brothers and the household of your father,
Even they have dealt treacherously with you,
Even they have cried aloud after you.
Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you.”

For son treats father contemptuously,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

A fear

So they will make him stumble;

Their own tongue is against them;

All who see them will shake the head.

“Indeed, you have now become such,

You see a terror and are afraid.

But all this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets.” Then all the disciples left Him and fled.

At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.