Thematic Bible: Despised


Thematic Bible



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


Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the cross!"


Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?" Verse ConceptsHealthPrejudiceLunaticsAccused Of Being DemonisedReckoned InsaneThe DevilDemonic Influence

Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened 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 Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of Yahweh; 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 Yahweh arose against his people, until 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 you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children. 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

Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, Verse ConceptsDisobedience, To GodForsaking God's ThingsBreaking God's Law

They didn't keep God's covenant, and refused to walk in his law. Verse ConceptsContemptDisobedience, To GodProvokingSelf WillBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked; Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you 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


The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends. Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleRich, ThePoor, Oppression OfThe Rich Lording ItFriendsFriendship And LoveLove And FamilyFamily And Friendsshunning

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, 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


The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends. Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleRich, ThePoor, Oppression OfThe Rich Lording ItFriendsFriendship And LoveLove And FamilyFamily And Friendsshunning

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsPoor PeopleImportunity, Towards PeopleLonelinessHatred Between RelativesRelativesFriends FailingBest FriendsHateFamily And FriendsFriendship Kjvshunning

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. Verse ConceptsExtortion, Examples OfAttitudes, in prayerHypocrisy, Description OfPrejudiceStandingStatusTax CollectorsHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionEvildoersNot Like PeopleAvoid AdulteryWe Thank GodConfession of sin


There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever 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 leads others astray. Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersAcceptance, Of InstructionRebukePeople Going AstrayLife By WisdomRejecting Reproof



Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh. Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingGrudgesCharacter Of WickedCourage, Examples OfFinding People

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so." Verse ConceptsGrudgesHatredPersecution, Forms OfHating IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The LordFake Friends

It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?" Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersIs It Really?Troubling Groups Of People

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

Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don't fear them." But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.

Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. Verse ConceptsGesturesEmotions, Kinds OfBitingGrudgesSanhedrinSpiteTeethAnger, Sinful ExamplesApostasy, CauseGnashing Of TeethUnnamed People Angry With Others

But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them. Verse ConceptsAngry With ChristAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleWork Ethic

They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things. They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. 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 ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?" Verse ConceptsContempt, Examples OfLaughterMockeryRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRidicule, Nature OfSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCharacter Of Wicked

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 rubbish, since they are burned?" Verse ConceptsJudaismCharacter Of WickedFeeblenessAnti semitismShort Time For Action

I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.

It was so, as the ark of Yahweh 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 Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart. Verse ConceptsLeapingContempt, Examples OfHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSuperiorityBad Wives ExamplesLooking Through WindowsPeople Jumpingjumping

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

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

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are: Verse ConceptsChosen InstrumentsHumilityArrogant ExistenceChosen DisciplesOther Unimportant PeopleimportanceJustification Excluding Boasting


Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened 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 Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of Yahweh; 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 Yahweh arose against his people, until 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 you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children. 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

Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, Verse ConceptsDisobedience, To GodForsaking God's ThingsBreaking God's Law

They didn't keep God's covenant, and refused to walk in his law. Verse ConceptsContemptDisobedience, To GodProvokingSelf WillBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked; Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT

He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him -- Verse ConceptsAbhorConnivanceAcquitting The Guilty

You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; [your] lovers despise you, they seek your life. Verse ConceptsCrimsonAdornment, Of WomenGoldCosmeticsRed ClothesUseless LabourAttempting To KillWearing Jewelleryloversmakeup

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated. Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionShrewdnessTemperAnger In Christian LivingAnger ManagementQuick Tempered

There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty? Verse ConceptsClappingApplauseWoundsIn One AnotherPeople Actually Doing EvilBruisesHope And Healing

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind 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 will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying, Verse ConceptsLaughter

"They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they will be loathsome to all mankind." 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 Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 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 can't listen. Behold, the word of Yahweh has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it. Verse ConceptsConvincingDeafnessHearingIndifferenceOffencePleasureRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodSpiritual DeafnessRejecting God's WordRefusing To HearWitnessing


It happened, 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 scroll 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 you 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 disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind 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 Yahweh 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

making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this." Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordThe Word Of Godculture