8 Bible Verses about Disdain

When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me. I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,

Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you."

"Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.