'Contempt' in the Bible
for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.
Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."
Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against [the] righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.
How long, O God, will [the] adversary taunt? Will [the] enemy treat your name with contempt forever?
O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt.
[he] pours contempt on princes and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
{Remove from} me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.
Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.
For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.