Quotes About Reproach

before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.

you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.

Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.

Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.

Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.