5 occurrences in 9 translations

'Scorned' in the Bible

and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, At GodLaw, Letter And Spirit OfMockeryProfaning God's Name

“For the Lord has called you,Like a wife who has been abandoned, grieved in spirit,And like a wife [married] in her youth when she is [later] rejected and scorned,”Says your God.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessSpirit, Nature OfPeople Abandoning PeopleDivorceDepressionRejectionBeing A Woman Of Godspousecredibility

Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says the Lord.“Because they have burned incense on the mountainsAnd scorned Me on the hills,Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesSpeech Impediments

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Contemn (3 instances)
Despise (90 instances)
Despised (121 instances)
Detested (14 instances)
Scorned (28 instances)
Spurn (17 instances)

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