33 occurrences

'Despise' in the Bible

And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstMiracles, Responses ToQuestionsUnbelieversNot Believing SignsBefore People ActDoubting God

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

Verse ConceptsFoodRejection Of GodTrust, Lack OfIngratitude To GodThe Promised LandDifferent GodsBreaking The CovenantMilk And Honey

Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Verse ConceptsHonorWorthinessDisobedience, To GodHonouring GodMan's Eternal Attributeshonour

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Verse ConceptsClaimsResponseTen Things

I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfPlea Of Innocence

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodProsperity Of The Wicked

As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLike A Dreamawakeningimage

Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.

Verse ConceptsSibling Lovebreasts

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;

Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordRejection Of GodRejection Of God's Wordoppression

And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

Verse ConceptsCrimsonAdornment, Of WomenGoldCosmeticsRed ClothesUseless LabourAttempting To KillWearing Jewelleryloversmakeup

They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceFalse ProphetsSelf WillNo Peaceimagination

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

Verse ConceptsTwo Groups

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; All that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: Yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Verse ConceptsNakednessSin, Effects OfTurning RoundLosing HonourGod's People SinningCatastrophic Events

A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofHonorProphecy, Methods Of OtRespect, For Human BeingsServants, GoodStatusHonouring ParentsServants Of PeopleHonour The HonourableRespectRespecting ParentsLoving Your Parentsclosurereverencehonour

What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

Verse ConceptsSacrilegeLiving In HousesShaming PeopleEating And DrinkingNot Helping The PoorThe Church UniversalAlcoholic BeveragesChurch Of GodGoing To Churchcommunion

let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come unto me: for I expect him with the brethren.

Verse ConceptsDo Not DespiseGoing In PeacePeople Sending People

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

Verse ConceptsBelieversPartakersTeaching In The ChurchServing PeopleExhort OthersRespect For PeopleThose Who Had Faith

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Contemn (3 instances)
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּוּז 
Buwz 
Usage: 13

בּוּז 
Buwz 
Usage: 11

בּוּזה 
Buwzah 
Usage: 1

בּזה 
Bazah 
Usage: 42

בּזה 
Bazoh 
Usage: 1

זוּל 
Zuwl 
Usage: 1

מאס 
Ma'ac 
Usage: 76

נאץ 
Na'ats 
Usage: 25

קלה 
Qalah 
Usage: 6

קלל 
Qalal 
Usage: 82

שׁאט 
Sha't 
Usage: 3

ἀθετέω 
Atheteo 
Usage: 10

ἀτιμάζω 
Atimazo 
Usage: 4

ἄτιμος 
Atimos 
Usage: 2

ἐξουθενέω 
Exoutheneo 
Usage: 11

καταφρονέω 
Kataphroneo 
Usage: 6

καταφροντής 
Kataphrontes 
Usage: 1

ὀλιγωρέω 
Oligoreo 
Usage: 1

περιφρονέω 
Periphroneo 
Usage: 1

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