Quotes About Contempt

Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORDís offering with contempt.

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queenís conduct will say the same thing to all the kingís officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.

With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.

There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moabís splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

They say, ëKeep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!í Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ëA sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—