When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

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When wickedness comes, so does contempt,
    and with shame comes reproach.

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10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.(A)

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14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

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14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed,(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

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When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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When pride comes, then comes disgrace,(A)
    but with humility comes wisdom.(B)

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Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(A)

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16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

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16 When the wicked thrive, so does sin,
    but the righteous will see their downfall.(A)

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Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

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20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

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20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(A) but I found none.(B)

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For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

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for zeal for your house consumes me,(A)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(B)

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Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

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Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

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30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

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30 Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

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39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

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39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads(A) 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,(B) save yourself!(C) Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”(D) 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel!(E) Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe(F) in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(G) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

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