5 Bible Verses about Contempt

Is not this the carpenters son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

They answered and said to him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

natural affection, implacable, slanderers, incontinent, fierce, without love for what is good,

And having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!

And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable:

The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself thus: O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

He that hearkeneth to you, hearkeneth to me; and he that rejecteth you, rejecteth me; but he that rejecteth me, rejecteth him that sent me.

He therefore that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who also gave to you his Holy Spirit.

For as the Father hath life in himself, so did he give to the Son also to have life in himself. And he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, read more.
and will come forth, they that have done good, to a resurrection of life; they that have done evil, to a resurrection of condemnation.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise dominion. Presumptuous, selfwilled, they are not afraid to rail at dignities;

Yet in like manner these dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and rail at dignities.

let no one therefore despise him. But conduct him on in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren.

For his letters, saith one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Let no one despise thy youth, but become an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in heaven continually behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they who receive the benefit are faithful and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

Let not him who eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him who eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord of glory, Jesus Christ, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment, and ye have respect to him that weareth the splendid apparel, and say, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or, Sit under my footstool,

but ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the judgmentseats?