8 Bible Verses about Disdain

And, when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him, - for he was a youth, and ruddy, a stripling of fair countenance.

But, now, they who are of fewer days than I, have poured derision upon me; whose fathers I refused - to set with the dogs of my flock.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard.

When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach; When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;

How long, O God, shall the adversary, reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?

Against whom would ye disport yourselves? Against whom would ye widen the mouth and lengthen the tongue, - Are not, ye, Children of transgression, A Seed of falsehood.

Mere palm-trunks turned, they are and cannot speak, They must needs be, carried, for they cannot take a step, Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do harm, And even to do good, is not in their power.

So shall, Edom, become an astonishment, - Every one passing by her, will be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues: