Proverbs 18:3
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3 When wickedness comes, contempt comes also,
and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Proverbs 22:10
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
quarreling and abuse will cease.(A)
1 Peter 4:14
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14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory,[a] which is the Spirit of God,[b] is resting on you.[c](A)
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Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but wisdom is with the humble.(A)
1 Peter 4:4
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4 They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.[a](A)
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- 4.4 Or they malign you
Proverbs 29:16
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16 When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases,
but the righteous will look upon their downfall.(A)
Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.(A)
4 Our soul has had more than its fill
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.(B)
Psalm 69:20
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20 Insults have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none;
and for comforters, but I found none.(A)
Psalm 69:9
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9 It is zeal for your house that has consumed me;
the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.(A)
Nehemiah 4:4
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4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their taunt back on their own heads, and give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.(A)
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1 Samuel 20:30
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30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan. He said to him, “You son of a rebellious woman![a] 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?(A)
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- 20.30 Cn Compare Q ms Gk: Meaning of MT uncertain
Matthew 27:39-44
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39 Those who passed by derided[a] him, shaking their heads(A) 40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”(B) 41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking him, saying, 42 “He saved others; he cannot save himself.[b] He is the King of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.(C) 43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to, for he said, ‘I am God’s Son.’ ”(D) 44 The rebels who were crucified with him also taunted him in the same way.
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