68 Bible Verses about Insults

And Hezekiah will receive the letters from the hand of the messengers, and read them: and he will go up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah will spread it out before Jehovah. And Hezekiah will pray before Jehovah, and say, O Jehovah God of Israel, dwelling upon the cherubim; thou God himself alone to all the kingdoms of the earth; thou madest the heavens and the earth. O Jehovah, incline thine ear and hear; O Jehovah open thine eyes and see: and hear the words of Senherib, which sent him to reproach the living God.

And yet spake his servants against Jehovah God, and against Hezekiah his servant And he wrote letters to reproach to Jehovah God of Israel, and to say against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands who delivered not their people from my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people from my hand. And they will call with a great voice in Judaic to the people of Jerusalem which were upon the wall, to cause them to fear and to terrify them, so that they shall take the city.read more.
And they will speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land, the work of the hand of man.

And Hezekiah will take the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it: and he will go up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah will spread it before Jehovah. And Hezekiah will pray to Jehovah, saying, Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, dwelling in the cherubim, thou thy-self God alone to all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made the heavens,and the earth.read more.
Bend, O Jehovah, thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, thine eye, and see; and hear all the words of Senherib which he sent to reproach the living God.

And Isaiah son of Amos will send to Hezekiah, saying, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, Because thou didst pray to me against Senherib the king of Assur This the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion despising to thee, deriding to thee; the daughter of Jerusalem shook her head after thee. Whom didst thou reproach and revile, and against whom didst thou raise up the voice, and wilt thou lift up thine eyes on high to the Holy One of Israel?read more.
By the hand of thy servants thou didst reproach Jehovah, and wilt thou say, By the multitude of my chariots I came up to the height of the mountains, to the thighs of Lebanon; and I will cut down the stature of his cedars, the choicest of his cypresses: and I will go into the height of his extremity, the forest of his Carmel.

Of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be deemed worthy. having trodden down the Son of God, and deemed the blood of the covenant common, in which he was consecrated, and having outraged the Spirit of grace?

Because for thee I bare reproach: shame covered my face. I was polluted to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's sons. For the zeal of thy house devoured me, and the reproaches of those reproaching thee fell upon me.

Thou didst persuade me, O Jehovah, and I shall be persuaded: thou didst hold me fast, and thou wilt prevail: I was for a derision all the day, all mocking to me. For as often as I shall speak I shall cry; violence and oppression I shall call; for the word of Jehovah was to me for a reproach and for a derision all the day.

For Christ also pleased not himself, but as has been written, The reproaches of them reproaching thee fell upon me

Wherefore also Jesus, that he might consecrate the people by his own blood, suffered without the camp. Therefore we should come to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

Remember this, the enemy reproached Jehovah, and the foolish people despised thy name.

For the unjust boasted upon the desire of his soul, and he blessed him plundering, despising Jehovah.

And taking the twelve, he said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things written by the prophets shall be completed to the Son of man. For he shall be delivered to the nations, and be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon: And having scourged, they shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise.

And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and he said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And they shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and scourge, and crucify: and he shall be raised the third day.

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was leading before them; and they were amazed; and following, they were afraid. And again taking the twelve, he began to say to them the things about to happen to him, For, behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death: and shall deliver him to the nations: And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall be raised up.

Then did they spit in his face, and cuffed him, and struck him with a rod: Saying, Prophesy to us, O Christ, Who is he having struck thee

And certain began to spit upon him, and to cover his face, and to cuff him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the attendants struck him blows with rods.

And the men holding Jesus mocked him, stripping. And having covered him, they struck his face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy who it is having struck thee. And many other things, blaspheming, they spake against him.

And they coming near, blasphemed him, shaking their heads, And saying, He loosing the temple, and building in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross. And likewise also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,read more.
Others he saved; himself he cannot save. If he is King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him: He trusted upon God; let him now deliver him, if he desires him: for he said, That I am the Son of God. And the robbers crucified with him, reproached him with the same.

And they going by blasphemed him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ali, thou loosing the temple, and building in three days, Save thyself, and come down from the cross. And likewise also the chief priests, mocking to one another with the scribes, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.read more.
Let Christ, King of Israel, come down from the cross, that we might see and believe. And they crucified with him reproached him.

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also who with them were deriding, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, approaching, and bringing him vinegar. And saying, If thou art king of the Jews, save thyself.read more.
And there was also an inscription written upon him, in letters Greek, Roman, and Hebrew; THIS IS KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the evil doers hanged, blasphemed him, saying, If thou art Christ, save thyself and us.

Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me.

And he having said these things, one of the attendants standing by gave Jesus a blow with a rod, having said, Answerest thou the chief priest so? Jesus answered him, If I spake badly, testify of evil: and if well, why strikest thou me?

Who, being reviled, reviled not back; suffering, he threatened not; and delivered to him judging justly;

We were ashamed for we heard reproach: shame covered our faces, for strangers came to the holy places of the house of Jehovah.

And David will say to the men standing with him, saying, What shall be done to the man who shall strike this one of the rovers, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who this uncircumcised of the rovers? for he upbraided the ranks of the living God.

And there will be yet war in Gath, and there will be a man of Midian, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet, six and six; twenty and four of number: and also he child to Rephah And he will reproach Israel, and Jonathan, son of Shimeab, David's brother, will strike him.

And there will be yet war in Gath; and there will be a man of measure, and his fingers six and six, twenty and four: and he also was born to Rapha. And he will reproach Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him.

And thou son of man, prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah to the sons of Ammon, and for their reproach; and say, The sword, the sword was loosed: for slaughter it was polished, to consume for sake of the lightning: In seeing vanity to thee, in divining to thee a lie to give thee, to the necks of the wounded of the unjust, to whom their day came in the time of iniquity the end. Turn back; thou shalt not be naked: in the place where thou wert created, in the land of thy nativity, will I judge thee.read more.
I poured out my wrath upon thee; in fire I made mine anger to pass over thee, and I gave thee into the hand of brutish men, machinating destruction. Thou shalt be to the fire for consuming; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered: for I Jehovah spake.

I heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon which they reproached my people, and they will magnify against their border. For this. I live, says Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, for Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, the possession of the thorn-bush and salt-pits, and a desolation even to forever: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the rest of my nation shall inherit them. This to them for their pride, for they reproached and they will magnify against the people of Jehovah of armies.

And the sons of Belial said, What shall this save us? And they will despise him and will not bring him a gift; and he will be as keeping silence.

And David's boys will come and will speak to Nabal according to all these words in David's name, and they will rest And Nabal will answer David's servants, and say, Who is David? and who the son of Jesse? this day there were many servants breaking away a man from the face of his lord. And took I my bread and my water, and my slaughter which I slaughtered for my shearers, and gave to men whom I knew not from whence they are?

And it will be after this, and the king of the sons of Ammon will die, and Hanun his son will reign in his stead. And David will say, I will do mercy with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did mercy with me. And David will send to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants will come to the land of the sons of Ammon. And the chiefs of the sons of Ammon will say to Hanun their lord, Is David honoring thy father in thine eyes, that he sent comforters to thee? is it not for the sake of searching out the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it, David sent his servants to thee?read more.
And Hanun will take David's servants, and shave half their beard, and cut off their garments in the half, even to their buttocks, and he will send them away. And they will announce to David, and he will send to meet them, for the men were greatly shamed. And the king will say, Sit down in Jericho till your beards spring up, and turn back

And it will be after this, Nahash king of the sons of Ammon will die, and his son will reign in his stead. And David will say, I will do mercy with Hanun son of Nahash, for his father did mercy with me. And David will send messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants will come to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. And the chiefs of the sons of Ammon will say to Hanun, Is David honoring thy father in thine eyes, that he sent comforters to thee? is it not in order to search out, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land, came his servants to thee?read more.
And Hanun will take David's servants and shave them, and cut off their garments in the half, even to the step, and he will send them away. And they will go and announce to David concerning the men; and he will send to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king will say, Sit in Jericho till your beard shall spring up, and turn ye back.

And he will go up from thence to the house of God: and he going up in the way, and little boys will come forth from the city, and will scoff at him, and say to him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he will turn behind him and see them, and he will curse them in the name of Jehovah. And, two she-bears will come forth from the forest and will rend of them forty and two children.

And it will be that when Sanballat heard that we are building the wall, and it will kindle to him, and he will be greatly angry, and he will mock against the Jews. And he will say before his brethren and the strength of Shomeron, and he will say, What are the feeble Jews doing? will they leave to themselves? will they sacrifice? will they finish in a day? will they give life to the stones of the heaps of dust, and they being burnt? And Tobiah the Ammonite near him, and he will say, Also that they are building, if a fox shall go up, and he brake their walls of stones.read more.
Hear, O our God; for we were despised: and turn back their reproach upon their head, and wilt thou give them for plunder in the land of captivity? And thou wilt not cover over their iniquity, and their sin shall not be wiped away before thee: for they provoked before the builders.

Therefore ye coming together upon the same, it is not to eat the Lord's supper. For each takes his own supper in eating: and one is truly hungry, and one is intoxicated. For, have ye not houses for eating and drinking? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them not having? What should I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise not.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, of glory, with distinction of faces. For if there come into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings on is fingers, in brilliant clothing, and there come in also a beggar in filthy clothing; And ye look toward him bearing the brilliant clothing, and ye say to him, Sit thou well here; and to the beggar ye say, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:read more.
Were ye not separated among yourselves, and become judges of evil reflections? Hear, my dearly beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the beggars of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them loving him? And ye have despised the beggar. Do not the rich bring you into subjection, and draw you before tribunals? And do they not defame the good name called upon you?

And they opposing, and blaspheming, having shaken off the garments violently, he said to them, Your blood upon your head; I clean: from now will I go to the nations.

If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, ye happy; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: by them truly he is defamed, and by you he is praised.

And others mocking. said, That they are filled with new wine.

And having heard of the rising up of the dead, they treated with mockery; and said, We will hear thee again concerning this.

And having come into the synagogue, he spake freely, discoursing for three months, and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. And when certain were hardened, and believed not, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, having departed from them, he separated the disciples, discoursing in the day in the school of a certain Tyrannus.

In which they are astonished, you not running together in the same pouring out of lavish expense, blaspheming:

For not the enemy will reproach me, and I will bear: not he hating me magnified against me; and I will hide from him. And thou a man according to my estimation, my friend and my acquaintance. Who together made sweet the intercourse, we will go into the house of God with the multitude.

And I a worm and not a man; a reproach of man, and the people despised me. All seeing me will deride me: they will gape with the lip, they will shake the head. He rolled upon Jehovah, he will deliver him: he will deliver him for he delighted in him.

And Job will answer and say, How long will ye, grieve my soul, and crush me with words? These ten times ye will reproach me: ye will not be ashamed, ye will injure me.

For this my thoughts will turn back, and because of my haste in me. I shall hear the instruction of my shame, and the spirit of my understanding will cause me to answer.

From the voice of him reproaching and reviling, from the face of the enemy and avenger.

From the voice of the enemy, from the face of the oppression of the unjust one: for they will bring down vanity upon me, for in anger they will lie in wait for me.

Remember, O Jehovah, the reproach of thy servants; I lifted up in my bosom all the multitudes of peoples; Which thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah; which they reproached the heels of thy Messiah.

And thou Jehovah my Lord do with me for sake of thy name: for good thy mercy, deliver thou me. For poor and needy am I, and my heart wounded in my midst. As the shadow according to its declining I was gone: I was shaken off as the locust.read more.
My knees were weak from fasting, and my flesh failed from fatness. And I was a reproach to them: they will see me and they will shake the head.

I called thy name, O Jehovah, in the pit underneath. Thou heardest my voice: thou wilt not hide thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day I shall call thee: thou saidst, Thou shalt not fear.read more.
Thou didst contend, O Jehovah, the contentions of my soul; thou didst redeem my life. Thou sawest, O Jehovah, my bowing down: judge thou my judgment Thou sawest all their vengeance, all their purposes against me. Thou heardest their reproach, O Jehovah, all their purposes against me. The lips of those rising up, and their devices against me all the day. Their sitting and their rising, look thou: I their song.

But also having suffered before, and having been injured, as ye know, among the Philippians, we acted freely in our God to speak to you the good news of God with much contest.

I know thy works, and pressure, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but the synagogue of the adversary.

He instructing him mocking received to himself dishonor: and he reproving to the unjust one, his blemish.

Cast out him mocking, and strife shall go out, and contention shall cease and dishonor.

The foolish one in the day shall make known his anger: but the prudent one covered dishonor.

But I say to you not to resist evil: but whosoever shall smite thee with a rod upon thy right cheek, turn to him also the other.

But I say to you hearing, Love your enemies; do good to those hating you, Praise those cursing you, and pray for those threatening you. To him striking thee upon the cheek hold also near the other; and from him taking away thy garments, and thou shouldest not retrench thy coat.

Not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing: and on the contrary prayer; knowing that to this were ye called, that ye might inherit praise.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake. Rejoice and be transported with joy; for much your reward in the heavens for so they drove out the prophets which before you.

Happy are ye, when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reproach, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice in that day, and skip: for, behold, your reward much in heaven: for according to these did their fathers to the prophets.

Truly therefore they went rejoicing from the face of the council, that for his name they were deemed worthy to be dishonoured.

Therefore am I contented in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities in expulsions, in extremities for Christ: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

And recall to mind the former days, in which, having been enlightened, ye endured a great combat of sufferings; This, truly, being exposed to public view both by reproaches and pressures; and this, having been partakers of those thus overturned. For ye also suffered together with me in bonds, and received the pillage of your possessions with joy, knowing to have in yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens.

But, inasmuch as ye participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; that also, in the revelation of his glory, ye might rejoice, transported with joy. If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, ye happy; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: by them truly he is defamed, and by you he is praised.

And a certain of the skilled in the law having answered, said, Teacher, speaking these things, and thou injurest us.

And Paul, having looked intently to the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God till this day. And the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to strike his month. Then said Paul to him, God is about to strike thee, thou wall covered with dust: and sittest thou judging me according to law, and commanded me to be struck illegally?read more.
And they standing by said, Revilest thou God's chief priest? And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it has been written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.