'Contempt' in the Bible
The one who is at ease holds calamity in contemptand thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
“Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]?And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],
They open their mouths against meand strike my cheeks with contempt;they join themselves together against me.
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
if I have consumed its produce without paymentor shown contempt for its tenants,
‘For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin;He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God],And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.’”
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