5 Bible Verses about Contempt, Examples Of

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1 Samuel 25:10

Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

Nehemiah 2:19

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, “What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

2 Corinthians 10:10

For it is said, “His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”

Proverbs 18:3

When a wicked man comes, contempt also does,
and along with dishonor, disgrace.

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