36 Bible Verses about Insults

of how much severer punishment do you think he shall be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, a common thing, and has done despite to the Spirit of grace?

For the Christ did not please himself; but as it is written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee, fell on me.

Wherefore, Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate. Therefore, let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

And he took the twelve aside, and said to them: Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.: For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be derided and insulted and spit upon; and they shall scourge him, and put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside on his journey, and said to them: Be hold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles to deride, and to scourge, and to crucify: and on the third day he shall rise again.

And they were in the road going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed, they were afraid. And again taking the twelve aside, he began to tell them what was about to befall him. Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will deride him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.

Then did they spit in his face, and strike him with their fists; some struck him with the open hand, and said: Give a response to us, Christ: Who is he that struck you?

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him: Give a response. And the attendants struck him with their open hands.

And the men that had Jesus in custody mocked him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying: Give a response; who is it that struck you? And many other impious things they said to him.

And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying: You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, derided him, and said:read more.
He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he delights in him; for he said: I am the Son of God. The robbers also that were crucified with him, uttered the same reproaches against him.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying: Aha! you that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the cross. Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, speaking in derision one to another, said: He saved others; himself he can not save.read more.
Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. Those also who were crucified with him, reproached him.

And the people stood and looked on. And the rulers, with them scoffed at him, saying: He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ, the chosen of God. The soldiers also derided him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, and saying: If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself.read more.
And a superscription was also written over him in Greek and in Roman and in Hebrew letters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the evil-doers that were hanged reviled him, saying: If you are the Christ, save yourself and us.

The Jews answered, and said to him: Do we not well say that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon? Jesus answered: I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

When he had spoken thus, one of the attendants, who was standing by, struck Jesus with his open hand, saying: Do you answer the chief priest thus? Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you strike me?

When he was reviled, he did not revile again; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

"When, therefore, you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper; for each one, in eating, takes before another, his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What, have you not houses in which to eat and drink? or do you despise the church of God, and put those to shame who have nothing to eat? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons. For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing, and you show regard to him that wears the splendid apparel, and say to him, Sit here, in an honorable place; and you say to the poor man, Do you stand there, or sit here, under my footstool;read more.
are you not partial in yourselves? and do you not judge from false principles? Hear, my be loved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him? But you dishonor the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not themselves drag you to the judgment-seats? Do they not themselves revile that honorable name which is called upon you?

But when they set themselves in opposition, and reviled, he shook his clothing, and said to them: Your blood be upon your own head; I am clean. Henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

If you are reproached on account of Christ, happy are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. On their part he is reviled, but on your part he is glorified:

But others deriding, said: They are full of new wine.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; others said: We will hear you again concerning this matter.

And he entered the synagogue, and spoke boldly, reasoning, and persuading them for three months, with respect to the things of the kingdom of God. But as some were hardened, and did not believe, and spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, and discoursed daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

They are amazed at this that you run not with them into the same excess of debauchery, and they revile you.

But having suffered before, and having been outraged, as you know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in the midst of great peril.

I know your works, and your affliction, and your poverty, (but you are rich,) and the impious words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

But I say to you, Resist not the injurious. But whoever will smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you; bless them that curse you; pray for them that abuse you. To him that strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and from him that takes away your mantle, withhold not your coat.

not repaying evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the other hand, blessing, since you know that for this end you were called, that you might inherit blessing.

Blessed are you, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account. Rejoice, and leap for joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and shall withdraw themselves from you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man. Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for behold, your reward is great in heaven: for so did their fathers to the prophets.

Then, they went from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were thought worthy to suffer shame for his name's sake.

For this reason, I take pleasure in infirmities, in outrages, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings; partly, while you became a public spectacle, by reproaches and afflictions: partly, while you became partakers with those who were so treated. For you sympathized with me in my bonds, and endured joyfully the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens.

But, inasmuch as you are partakers of the sufferings of the Christ,, rejoice, that, at the revelation of his glory, you may also be exceedingly joyful. If you are reproached on account of Christ, happy are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. On their part he is reviled, but on your part he is glorified:

And one of the lawyers answered and said to him: Teacher, in saying these things, you reproach us also.

And Paul, looking earnestly upon the Sanhedrin, said: Brethren, I have lived in all good conscience toward God to this day. And the chief priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by to smite him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him: God will smite you, you whitened wall! for do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet violate the law by commanding me to be smitten?read more.
And those who stood by said: Do you revile God's chief priest? And Paul replied: I did not know, brethren, that he was the chief priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.