12 Bible Verses about Reproach

It is needful, therefore, that the bishop be irreproachable, a husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach,

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children not in accusation of rioting, or unruly. For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain;

You who boast in law, do you dishonor God through your transgression of the law?

For the name of God is blasphemed among the gentiles, because of you, as it has been written.

and many will follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth will be defamed;

"Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from themselves, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, Who is Savior of all men, especially of believers.

partly, indeed, when ye were made a spectacle both with reproaches and tribulations; and partly, when ye became partakers with those who were so used;

regarding the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking away to the recompense.

Therefore, let us go forth to Him without the camp, bearing His reproach;

If ye are reproached in Christ's name, happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and that of God rests upon you.