Thematic Bible: Despised

Is not this one the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? Verse Concepts

[He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard. Verse Concepts

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days, save yourself [by] coming down from the cross!"

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him. Verse Concepts

And many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is out of his mind! Why do you listen to him?" Verse Concepts

Hear, O earth, look, I [am] about to bring disaster to this people, the fruit of their plans, because they have not listened attentively to my words, and my teaching, they have rejected it also. Verse Concepts

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and dry grass sinks down [in the] flame, so their root will become like [the] stench, and their blossom will go up like [the] dust. For they have rejected the instruction of Yahweh of hosts, and they have treated the word of the holy one of Israel with contempt. Verse Concepts

For it [is] a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children [who are] not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh, Verse Concepts

But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy. Verse Concepts

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from acting as a priest for me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. Verse Concepts

And Yahweh said, "Because of their forsaking my law that I set {before} them, and they have not obeyed my voice, and have not walked in it, Verse Concepts

They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to go in his law. Verse Concepts

Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke [the punishment], because they have rejected the law of Yahweh and have not kept his rules, and their lies have led them astray, {after which their ancestors walked}! Verse Concepts

And he said to them, "You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition. Verse Concepts

Do not despise prophecies, Verse Concepts

So I concluded that wisdom [is] better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard. Verse Concepts

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts? Verse Concepts

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many. Verse Concepts

All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone. Verse Concepts

So I concluded that wisdom [is] better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard. Verse Concepts

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts? Verse Concepts

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many. Verse Concepts

All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone. Verse Concepts

The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector! Verse Concepts

A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing. Verse Concepts

Severe discipline [belongs] to him who forsakes the way; he who hates a rebuke will die. Verse Concepts

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil. Verse Concepts

He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke [is] stupid. Verse Concepts

and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!" Verse Concepts

[On] the path to life is he who guards instruction, but he who rejects rebuke goes astray. Verse Concepts

You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing [to accept]. Verse Concepts

They hate the one who reproves in the gate and they abhor the one who speaks honestly. Verse Concepts

Then Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He said, "I have found you because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh. Verse Concepts

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "[There is] still one man to inquire from Yahweh, but I despise him, for he never prophesies [anything] good concerning me, but only bad: Micaiah the son of Imlah." Then Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say so." Verse Concepts

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "[Is] this you [who] throws Israel into confusion?" Verse Concepts

Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, {saying}, "{This man deserves the death sentence}, because he has prophesied against this city as that [which] you have heard with your ears." Verse Concepts

Only do not rebel against Yahweh, and you will not fear the people of the land, because they will be our food. {Their protection} has been turned from them; Yahweh [is] with us. You should not fear them." And all the community said to stone them with stones, but the glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of assembly among the {Israelites}.

Now [when they] heard these [things], they were infuriated in their hearts and gnashed [their] teeth at him. Verse Concepts

Now [when] they heard [this], they were infuriated, and were wanting to execute them. Verse Concepts

And all [those] in the synagogue were filled with anger [when they] heard these [things]. And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife." So Herodias held a grudge against him and was wanting to kill him, and was not able [to do so].

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in {the prison}, for he was enraged with him concerning this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time. Verse Concepts

But Sanballat the Horonite, the Ammonite servant Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard it, and they mocked and despised us, saying, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" Verse Concepts

Then he said before his brothers and the army of Samaria, "What are the feeble Jews doing? Will they restore [these things] for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble--even those burned up?" Verse Concepts

I [am] small and despised, [yet] I do not forget your precepts.

It happened that when the ark of Yahweh came [into] the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Yahweh, and she despised him in her heart. Verse Concepts

I am a laughingstock to my friends: '[He] calls on God, and he answers him.' A righteous, blameless man [is] a laughingstock. Verse Concepts

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him, for he was [only] a boy and ruddy with a handsome appearance. Verse Concepts

and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are, Verse Concepts

[when we are] slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all [things], until now. Verse Concepts