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? Today, [there] are many servants breaking away from the presence of their masters.

It happened that when the ark of Yahweh came [into] the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Yahweh, and she despised him in her heart.

But Sanballat the Horonite, the Ammonite servant Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard it, and they mocked and despised us, saying, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

because it is said, "His letters [are] severe and powerful, but his bodily presence [is] weak and his speech is of no account."

With the coming of wickedness comes contempt also, and with dishonor, disgrace.