Deuteronomy 28:13

13And the Lord will make you athe head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,

Deuteronomy 28:37

37And you shall become ba horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.

Deuteronomy 28:44

44 cHe shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. dHe shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Lamentations 2:15

15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
ethey hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
fthe perfection of beauty,
gthe joy of all the earth?”

Lamentations 3:14

14 hI have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
ithe object of their taunts all day long.

Lamentations 4:14-15

14 jThey wandered, blind, through the streets;
they were so defiled with blood
kthat no one was able to touch
their garments.
15 Away! lUnclean!” people cried at them.
Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
people said among the nations,
“They shall stay with us no longer.”

1 Corinthians 4:13

13when slandered, we entreat. mWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, nthe refuse of all things.

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