16 Bible Verses about Reproach
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Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer,as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die."
So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?
But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.'
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
But some worthless fellows said, "How can this man save us?" And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
From Thematic Bible
Reproach » Suffered
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
Reproach » Inconsistency in religious life brings reproach upon the cause of truth
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die."
But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.'
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?
You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
Reproach » Who reproaches the lord
Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Reproach » The reproaches of man falling on jesus Christ
For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. read more.
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore? O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons. For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Reproach » Who is a son that brings reproach
He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.
Reproach » What is a reproach to any people
Reproach » How reproach ceases
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Reproach » What comes with reproach
When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
