5 Bible Verses about Contempt, Examples Of

But Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.

Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard it, they mocked us and despised us and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes,
And with dishonor comes scorn.