5 Bible Verses about Contempt

Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary, and are not his brothers named James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.

unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good,

and made a wreath of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his hand, and knelt down before him in mockery, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

To some who were confident of their own uprightness, and thought nothing of others, he used this illustration:

The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever disregards you disregards me, and whoever disregards me disregards him who sent me."

So whoever disregards this is not disregarding man, but God, who gives you his holy Spirit.

For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son, and he has given him the authority to act as judge, because he is a son of man. Do not be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will listen to his voice, read more.
and those who have done right will come out to resurrection and life, and those who have done wrong, to resurrection and judgment.

especially those who yield to their physical nature and indulge in passions that defile them, and despise authority. Rash, headstrong men! They stand in no awe of majesty, but deride beings

In that same way these dreamers defile the body, make light of authority, and deride majesty.

So no one is to slight him. But see him off cordially when he comes back to me, for I am expecting him with the other brothers.

For they say, "His letters are impressive and telling, but his personal appearance is insignificant and as a speaker he amounts to nothing."

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set those who believe an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

"Beware of feeling scornful of one single little child, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have continual access to my Father in heaven.

Those who have Christian masters must not think lightly of them because they are brothers; they must serve them all the more faithfully, because those who benefit by it are believers and hence dear to them. These are the things you must teach and preach.

The man who will eat anything must not look down on the man who abstains from some things, and the man who abstains from them must not criticize the one who does not, for God has accepted him.

My brothers, do you try to combine faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with acts of partiality? For if a finely dressed man with a gold ring comes into a meeting, and a poor man in shabby clothes comes in also, and you pay attention to the man in the fine clothes and say to him, "Sit here; this is a good place!" and say to the poor man, "Stand up, or sit on the floor at my feet,"

But you humiliate the poor. Are not the rich your oppressors? Is it not they who drag you into court?