Thematic Bible: Despised

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? Verse Concepts

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not. Verse Concepts

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself, and come down from the cross.

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him. Verse Concepts

And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him? Verse Concepts

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it. Verse Concepts

Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh 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 Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Verse Concepts

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah; Verse Concepts

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Verse Concepts

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. Verse Concepts

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, Verse Concepts

They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law; Verse Concepts

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk: Verse Concepts

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. Verse Concepts

despise not prophesyings; Verse Concepts

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Verse Concepts

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats? Verse Concepts

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends. Verse Concepts

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone. Verse Concepts

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Verse Concepts

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats? Verse Concepts

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends. Verse Concepts

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone. Verse Concepts

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. Verse Concepts

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Verse Concepts

There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die. Verse Concepts

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil. Verse Concepts

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish. Verse Concepts

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; Verse Concepts

He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth. Verse Concepts

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: Verse Concepts

They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Verse Concepts

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah. Verse Concepts

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. Verse Concepts

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel? Verse Concepts

Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. Verse Concepts

Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not. But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.

Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. Verse Concepts

But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them. Verse Concepts

And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things; and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.

For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

Then Asa was wroth 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 Concepts

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 Concepts

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? Verse Concepts

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

And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah 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 Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart. Verse Concepts

I am as one that 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 Concepts

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance. Verse Concepts

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: Verse Concepts

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now. Verse Concepts