11 Bible Verses about Contempt

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.

Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is recorded in the book. And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.

For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man. Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, read more.
And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.

See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters. Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

And they will be safe there, building houses and planting vine-gardens and living without fear; when I have sent my punishments on all those who put shame on them round about them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord their God.

Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies. But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies. And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me; What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account. For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing, And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?