Psalm 119:22
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22 take away from me their scorn and contempt,
for I have kept your decrees.(A)
Psalm 119:39
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39 Turn away the disgrace that I dread,
for your ordinances are good.
Psalm 39:8
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8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Do not make me the scorn of the fool.(A)
1 Peter 2:20
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20 If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this is a commendable thing before God.(A)
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1 Peter 4:14-16
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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) 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.[d](B) 16 Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name.[e]
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1 Peter 3:16-17
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16 yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned,[a] those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.(A) 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil.
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- 3.16 Other ancient authorities read when they malign you as evildoers
Hebrews 13:13
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13 Let us then go to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.
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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 119:42
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42 Then I shall have an answer for those who taunt me,
for I trust in your word.(A)
Psalm 68:19-20
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19 Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah(A)
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.(B)
Psalm 68:9-11
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9 Rain in abundance, O God, you showered abroad;
you restored your heritage when it languished;(A)
10 your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.(B)
11 The Lord gives the command;
great is the company of those[a] who bore the tidings:
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- 68.11 Or company of the women
Psalm 42:10
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10 As with a deadly wound in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”(A)
Psalm 37:6
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6 He will make your vindication shine like the light
and the justice of your cause like the noonday.(A)
Psalm 37:3
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3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
live in the land and enjoy security.(A)
Job 19:2-3
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2 “How long will you torment me
and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times you have cast reproach upon me;
are you not ashamed to wrong me?
Job 16:20
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20 My friends scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
2 Samuel 16:7-8
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7 Shimei shouted while he cursed, “Out! Out! Murderer! Scoundrel!(A) 8 The Lord has avenged on all of you the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of blood.”(B)
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1 Samuel 25:39
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39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the case of Nabal’s insult to me and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evildoing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail to make her his wife.(A)
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1 Samuel 25:10
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10 But Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.(A)
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