40 Bible Verses about Contempt
Want to know what the Bible says about Contempt? Here are 40 Bible verses about Contempt from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Job 31:13-14 NIV
13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,
whether male or female,
when they had a grievance against me,
14 what will I do when God confronts me?
What will I answer when called to account?
whether male or female,
when they had a grievance against me,
14 what will I do when God confronts me?
What will I answer when called to account?
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Proverbs 11:12 NIV
Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,
but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.
but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.
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Proverbs 18:3 NIV
When wickedness comes, so does contempt,
and with shame comes reproach.
and with shame comes reproach.
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Isaiah 5:24 NIV
Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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2 Timothy 3:3 NIV
without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
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Proverbs 23:22 NIV
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Matthew 18:10 NIV
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
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Romans 14:3 NIV
The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.
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1 Corinthians 16:11 NIV
No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.
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1 Timothy 6:2 NIV
2 Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves.
These are the things you are to teach and insist on.
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