Proverbs 18:3
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3 When the wicked comes, contempt comes also;
And with dishonor comes reproach.
Proverbs 22:10
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10 (A)Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
1 Peter 4:14
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14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (B)but on your part He is glorified.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
- 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.
Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride comes, then comes (A)shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.
1 Peter 4:4
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4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
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Proverbs 29:16
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16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases;
But the righteous will see their (A)fall.
Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.
Psalm 69:20
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20 Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of [a]heaviness;
(A)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for (B)comforters, but I found none.
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- Psalm 69:20 Lit. sickness
Psalm 69:9
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9 (A)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
(B)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
Nehemiah 4:4
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4 (A)Hear, O our God, for we are despised; (B)turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity!
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1 Samuel 20:30
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30 Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
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Matthew 27:39-44
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39 And (A)those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads 40 and saying, (B)“You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! (C)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the [a]scribes and elders, said, 42 “He (D)saved others; Himself He cannot save. [b]If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe [c]Him. 43 (E)He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
44 (F)Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
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- Matthew 27:41 M scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders
- Matthew 27:42 NU omits If
- Matthew 27:42 NU, M in Him
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