Psalm 119:22
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22 (A)Remove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
Psalm 119:39
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39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
Psalm 39:8
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8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me (A)the reproach of the foolish.
1 Peter 2:20
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20 For (A)what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.
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1 Peter 4:14-16
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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. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a [c]busybody in other people’s matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this [d]matter.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
- 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.
- 1 Peter 4:15 meddler
- 1 Peter 4:16 NU name
1 Peter 3:16-17
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16 (A)having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
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Hebrews 13:13
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13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing (A)His reproach.
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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 119:42
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42 So shall I have an answer for him who [a]reproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:42 taunts
Psalm 68:19-20
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19 Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation! Selah
20 Our God is the God of salvation;
And (A)to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
Psalm 68:9-11
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9 (A)You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
10 Your congregation dwelt in it;
(B)You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word;
Great was the [a]company of those who proclaimed it:
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- Psalm 68:11 host
Psalm 42:10
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10 As with a [a]breaking of my bones,
My enemies [b]reproach me,
(A)While they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:10 Lit. shattering
- Psalm 42:10 revile
Psalm 37:6
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6 (A)He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.
Psalm 37:3
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3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
Job 19:2-3
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2 “How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times you have [a]reproached me;
You are not ashamed that you [b]have wronged me.
Job 16:20
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20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
2 Samuel 16:7-8
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7 Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You [a]bloodthirsty man, (A)you [b]rogue! 8 The Lord has (B)brought upon you all (C)the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a [c]bloodthirsty man!”
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- 2 Samuel 16:7 Lit. man of bloodshed
- 2 Samuel 16:7 worthless man
- 2 Samuel 16:8 Lit. man of bloodshed
1 Samuel 25:39
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39 So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, (A)“Blessed be the Lord, who has (B)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has (C)kept His servant from evil! For the Lord has (D)returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.”
And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
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1 Samuel 25:10
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10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, (A)“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.
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