Thematic Bible: Reviling and reproaching


Thematic Bible




As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?" Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofAgony, Of BodyAgony, DeathSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfDerisionGod Not ExistingAll DayWhere Is God?

at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger. Verse ConceptsInsultsMan AvengingRevenge

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProperty, HousesSubstitutionHumility Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristInsulting ChristMessianic PropheciesPassion

For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me." Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfInsultsSelfishnessUnselfishnessHumility Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristNot Pleasing People

with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. Verse ConceptsThe Lord's Anointedfootstepsfootprints




sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. Verse ConceptsReproachSpectaclePersecutionAbuse

Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringGod, Living And Self sustainingPay Attention O God!

It may be that the LORD your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left." Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfGod, Living And Self sustainingRemnantRidicule, Objects OfSurvivors FavouredPray For UsWill God Pay Attention?

All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofEvil SpeakingLossUnceasingContinual HardshipBeing ReprovedUngodly CursingSwearing

"I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory. Verse ConceptsSpreading


Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest? And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"


And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadInsulting ChristAbusenagging


Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord! Verse ConceptsSevenfoldLet Evil Rebound

He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness! Verse ConceptsGod Saving From EnemiesPsalm InterjectionsGod's Truthrebukingharassment

then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word. Verse ConceptsTrust, Importance OfBible, In Christian LivingAnswering PeopleBelieving Prophets


"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Verse ConceptsFaultsReproachClaimsHatredSeparationSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InHated SaintsExcommunicationNames Blotted OutExclusionPeople Being HatedBlessing OthersRejectionhaters



nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Verse ConceptsAlcoholAlcohol AbuseAddictionAlcoholicsCovetousnessDrunkennessInheritanceGreedthievescheatersdrunkards

And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.

And Shimei said as he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! The LORDhas avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood."

"I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory. Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them."


"I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory. Verse ConceptsSpreading

They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer.

And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!" Verse ConceptsFamilies, Examples OfBenedictionsIronySarcasmEmployers, Good ExamplesNudityPeople Stripping OffPeople Who Blessed Others

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfChristlikenessBeelzebubGrowth Of EvilSlavesBecoming Like PeopleRelatives Also InvolvedAccused Of Being Demonised


When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfInsultsPunishment, By GodRevenge, Examples OfSuffering, Of The InnocentViolenceJesus Christ, Meekness OfForbearance Of GodBelief In GodAbuse

"Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings. Verse ConceptsJustice, In Believers' LivesMorality, And RedemptionBeing ReprovedPay Attention To God!People In RighteousnessTaking The Law To Heart

And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men


Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"--because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. Verse ConceptsBabblersevangelism, nature ofPhilosophyResurrection, Of The DeadFalse Teachers, Examples OfScoffersAmateursAmbiguityEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!" Verse ConceptsThe If's Of SatanJesus Christ, Temptation OfSaid To Be The ChristSaving OneselfSave Us!Abuseassertiveness

For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Prophecies OfProphecies Concerning ChristMessianic Prophecies

"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Verse ConceptsFaultsReproachClaimsHatredSeparationSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InHated SaintsExcommunicationNames Blotted OutExclusionPeople Being HatedBlessing OthersRejectionhaters

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