Thematic Bible: Despised

Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother named Mary? And aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Verse Concepts

He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. Verse Concepts

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself and come down from the cross!"

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him. Verse Concepts

Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?" Verse Concepts

Hear this, you peoples of the earth: 'Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law. Verse Concepts

Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel. Verse Concepts

For these are rebellious people -- they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord's law. Verse Concepts

But they mocked God's messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. Verse Concepts

You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants. Verse Concepts

The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws. Verse Concepts

They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law. Verse Concepts

This is what the Lord says: "Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the Lord's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray. Verse Concepts

He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition. Verse Concepts

Do not treat prophecies with contempt. Verse Concepts

So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice. Verse Concepts

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

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many. Verse Concepts

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond. Verse Concepts

So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice. Verse Concepts

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

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many. Verse Concepts

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond. Verse Concepts

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector. Verse Concepts

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy. Verse Concepts

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof 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

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid. Verse Concepts

And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof! Verse Concepts

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray. Verse Concepts

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke, Verse Concepts

The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly. Verse Concepts

When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, "So, you have found me, my enemy!" Elijah replied, "I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord. Verse Concepts

The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things." Verse Concepts

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?" Verse Concepts

Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said, "This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears." Verse Concepts

Only do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the Lord is with us. Do not fear them!" However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him. Verse Concepts

Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them. Verse Concepts

When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not

Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time. Verse Concepts

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" Verse Concepts

and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?" Verse Concepts

I am insignificant and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.

As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him. Verse Concepts

I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered -- a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock! Verse Concepts

When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy. Verse Concepts

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, Verse Concepts

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now. Verse Concepts