Thematic Bible: Despised


Thematic Bible



Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersOccupationsWork, As Ordained By GodHumility Of ChristChrist, Names ForChrist's Earthly FamilyWho He Might BeMothers And Sonsnegativity


And those who passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save thyself, and come down from the cross.


And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad. Why do ye listen to him? Verse ConceptsHealthPrejudiceLunaticsAccused Of Being DemonisedReckoned InsaneThe DevilDemonic Influence

Hear, O earth: Behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened to my words. And as for my law, they have rejected it. Verse ConceptsRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfRejection Of God's CallRefusing To HearGod Will Bring Harm

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts, an Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

For it is a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the law of LORD, Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsSin, Nature OfBible, Names OfRefusing To HearLying And Deceitrebellion

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleContemptMockeryRejection Of God, Results OfRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodSin, And God's CharacterRejection Of Spiritual InstructionInfidelity To GodScoffersFunServant Leadershipprophetsacting

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons. Verse ConceptsBad CounselDangers Of IgnorancedecisionsPoverty, SpiritualRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfRetributionAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceWisdom, Source Of HumanValuing KnowledgeGod ForgettingForsaking God's ThingsDeposingIgnorance of GodRejectionignorance

And LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it, Verse ConceptsDisobedience, To GodForsaking God's ThingsBreaking God's Law

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law. Verse ConceptsContemptDisobedience, To GodProvokingSelf WillBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have rejected the law of LORD, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, accord Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

And he said to them, Well do ye reject the commandment of God, so that ye may keep your tradition. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT


Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Verse ConceptsLimitations Of StrengthBenefits Of WisdomPoor PeopleFamily StrengthSaving Moneystrengh



All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsPoor PeopleImportunity, Towards PeopleLonelinessHatred Between RelativesRelativesFriends FailingBest FriendsHateFamily And FriendsFriendship Kjvshunning

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Verse ConceptsLimitations Of StrengthBenefits Of WisdomPoor PeopleFamily StrengthSaving Moneystrengh



All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsPoor PeopleImportunity, Towards PeopleLonelinessHatred Between RelativesRelativesFriends FailingBest FriendsHateFamily And FriendsFriendship Kjvshunning

Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. Verse ConceptsExtortion, Examples OfAttitudes, in prayerHypocrisy, Description OfPrejudiceStandingStatusTax CollectorsHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionEvildoersNot Like PeopleAvoid AdulteryWe Thank GodConfession of sin


There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysLife, Of FaithRebukeReproofDeath For Other ReasonsRejecting Reprooffate




He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs. Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersAcceptance, Of InstructionRebukePeople Going AstrayLife By WisdomRejecting Reproof



And Ahab said to Elijah, Have thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee because thou have sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of LORD. Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingGrudgesCharacter Of WickedCourage, Examples OfFinding People

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the kin Verse ConceptsGrudgesHatredPersecution, Forms OfHating IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The LordFake Friends

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel? Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersIs It Really?Troubling Groups Of People

Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the rulers and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. Verse ConceptsDeath Penalty For Heresy

Only do not rebel against LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and LORD is with us. Fear them not. But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of LORD appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

Now when they heard these things, they were split with a saw in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth against him. Verse ConceptsGesturesEmotions, Kinds OfBitingGrudgesSanhedrinSpiteTeethAnger, Sinful ExamplesApostasy, CauseGnashing Of TeethUnnamed People Angry With Others

And when they heard this, they were as being split with a saw, and wanted to annihilate them. Verse ConceptsAngry With ChristAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleWork Ethic

And all in the synagogue were filled with rage, having heard these things. And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong.

For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife. And Herodias was resentful toward him, and wanted to kill him. And she could not,

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison-house. For he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofAnger, HumanImprisonmentsOppression, Nature OfPrisonersProphets, Lives OfSpiteTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesVindictiveness

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king? Verse ConceptsContempt, Examples OfLaughterMockeryRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRidicule, Nature OfSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCharacter Of Wicked

And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rub Verse ConceptsJudaismCharacter Of WickedFeeblenessAnti semitismShort Time For Action

I am small and despised. I do not forget thy precepts.

And it was so, as the ark of LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before LORD, and she despised him in her heart. Verse ConceptsLeapingContempt, Examples OfHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSuperiorityBad Wives ExamplesLooking Through WindowsPeople Jumpingjumping

I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. Verse ConceptsDavid, Early LifePride, Examples OfSuperiorityAttractionDisdainLimitations Of YouthRed FacesAppearances ofteenagerHandsome Men

And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are, Verse ConceptsChosen InstrumentsHumilityArrogant ExistenceChosen DisciplesOther Unimportant PeopleimportanceJustification Excluding Boasting


Hear, O earth: Behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened to my words. And as for my law, they have rejected it. Verse ConceptsRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfRejection Of God's CallRefusing To HearGod Will Bring Harm

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts, an Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

For it is a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the law of LORD, Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsSin, Nature OfBible, Names OfRefusing To HearLying And Deceitrebellion

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleContemptMockeryRejection Of God, Results OfRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodSin, And God's CharacterRejection Of Spiritual InstructionInfidelity To GodScoffersFunServant Leadershipprophetsacting

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons. Verse ConceptsBad CounselDangers Of IgnorancedecisionsPoverty, SpiritualRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfRetributionAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceWisdom, Source Of HumanValuing KnowledgeGod ForgettingForsaking God's ThingsDeposingIgnorance of GodRejectionignorance

And LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it, Verse ConceptsDisobedience, To GodForsaking God's ThingsBreaking God's Law

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law. Verse ConceptsContemptDisobedience, To GodProvokingSelf WillBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have rejected the law of LORD, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, accord Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

And he said to them, Well do ye reject the commandment of God, so that ye may keep your tradition. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT

He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him. Verse ConceptsAbhorConnivanceAcquitting The Guilty


He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated. Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionShrewdnessTemperAnger In Christian LivingAnger ManagementQuick Tempered

There is no assuaging of thy hurt. Thy wound is grievous. All who hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee, for upon whom has not thy wickedness passed continually? Verse ConceptsClappingApplauseWoundsIn One AnotherPeople Actually Doing EvilBruisesHope And Healing

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised. Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays


Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. Verse ConceptsClappingHissing

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying], Verse ConceptsLaughter

And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me. For their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh. Verse ConceptsCarcass, Figurative UseGod, Justice OfHell, As An ExperienceRebellion, Against GodRegretSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersPeople Eaten By WormMaggotsFire Of HellKingdom Of Godworms


Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts, an Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken. Behold, the word of LORD has become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. Verse ConceptsConvincingDeafnessHearingIndifferenceOffencePleasureRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodSpiritual DeafnessRejecting God's WordRefusing To HearWitnessing


And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. Verse ConceptsKnifesKnivesPensScrollsRejection Of God's WordRejecting God's WordThree Or FourReading The ScripturesBroken Things

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it, Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordRejection Of GodRejection Of God's Wordoppression

The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them? Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdiscouragementRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordFalse WisdomForsaking God's ThingsShaming PeopleGod's Word Gives WisdomDisappointmentrelentlesswise

For as often as I speak, I cry out. I cry, Violence and destruction! Because the word of LORD is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day. Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordRejecting God's Wordjoking

annulling the word of God by your tradition that ye have delivered. And many such like things ye do. Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordThe Word Of Godculture