5 Bible Verses about Contempt

Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

They answered and said to him, You were born entirely in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him without.

without natural affection, covenant breakers, slanderers, intemperate, ungentle, despisers of the good,

and making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

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

The Pharisee, standing by himself, offered this prayer; God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican;

He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that rejects me, rejects him that sent me.

He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who also gives us his Holy Spirit.

For as the Father has life in himself, so has he also given to the Son to have life in himself; and has given him authority and judgment to execute, because he is the Son of man. Wonder not at this; for the hour comes in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice read more.
and shall come forth; those that have done good to a resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to a resurrection of judgment.

but especially those who walk after the flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise goverment. Presumptuous, self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories,

In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme glories.

let no one therefore despise him. But send him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I look for him with the brothers.

For the epistles, say they, are weighty and powerful, but the bodily presence is weak and speech contemptible.

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

And let those who have believing masters not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather serve, because they are believers and beloved, who partake of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats; for God has accepted him.

My brothers, have not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with a respect of persons. For if there comes into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid clothing, and there also comes in a poor man in vile clothing, and you look upon him who wears the splendid clothing, and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand there, or sit under my footstool,

But you dishonor the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to tribunals?