Gen 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Num 15:31 Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.”
1Sa 2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1Sa 10:27 But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
1Sa 17:42 And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
2Sa 6:16 As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
2Sa 12:9 Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
2Sa 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
2Ki 19:21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:“She despises you, she scorns you—
the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
1Ch 15:29 And as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
2Ch 36:16 But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.
Neh 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Est 1:17 For the queen’s behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt, since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’
Est 3:6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Psa 15:4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Psa 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Psa 22:24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him.
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him.
Psa 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psa 69:33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
Psa 73:20 Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
Psa 102:17 he regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.
and does not despise their prayer.
Psa 119:141 I am small and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
yet I do not forget your precepts.
Pro 14:2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
Pro 15:20 A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Pro 19:16 Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life;
he who despises his ways will die.
he who despises his ways will die.
Ecc 9:16 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Isa 37:22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
Isa 49:7 Thus says the Lord,
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Isa 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Jer 22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot,
a vessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
into a land that they do not know?
a vessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
into a land that they do not know?
Jer 49:15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
despised among mankind.
Eze 16:59 “For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant,
Eze 17:16 “As I live, declares the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die.
Eze 17:18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape.
Eze 17:19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.
Eze 22:8 You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.
Dan 11:21 In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Obd 2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
you shall be utterly despised.
you shall be utterly despised.
Mal 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
Mal 1:7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord’s table may be despised.
Mal 1:12 But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food, may be despised.
Mal 2:9 and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.”
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