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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James 2:1-3 NIV
2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,”
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Isaiah 65:5 NIV
who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
for I am too sacred for you!’
Such people are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that keeps burning all day.
for I am too sacred for you!’
Such people are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that keeps burning all day.
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Luke 18:9 NIV
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
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Luke 18:11 NIV
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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Psalm 123:4 NIV
We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.
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1 Timothy 4:12 NIV
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
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Luke 10:16 NIV
“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
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1 Thessalonians 4:8 NIV
Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
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Isaiah 60:14 NIV
The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you;
all who despise you will bow down at your feet
and will call you the City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
all who despise you will bow down at your feet
and will call you the City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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Ezekiel 28:26 NIV
They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God. ’”
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