Judg 9:27-29, 38, Neh 4:2-4, Psa 123:3-4, Luk 16:14, 18:9, Joh 7:48-52 | ESV | STEP | And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival ; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech .

27 And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into ^athe house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech. 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, ^b“Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of ^cHamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him? 29 Would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. I would say ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew and he said} to Abimelech, ‘Increase your army, and come out.’”

Judges 9:38

38 Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your mouth now, you who said, ^e‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them.”

Nehemiah 4:2-4

2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of ^fSamaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? ^{▼▼Or Will they commit themselves to God?} Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?” 3 ^hTobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building— ⁱif a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!” 4 ^jHear, O our God, for we are despised. ^kTurn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.

Psalms 123:3-4

3 ^lHave mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of ^mcontempt.
4 Our soul has had more than enough
of ⁿthe scorn of ^othose who are at ease,
of the contempt of ^pthe proud.

Luke 16:14

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 ^qThe Pharisees, who were ^rlovers of money, heard all these things, and they ^sridiculed him.

Luke 18:9

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some ^twho trusted ^uin themselves that they were righteous, ^vand treated others with contempt:

John 7:48-52

48 ^wHave any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 ^xNicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 ^y“Does our law judge a man without first ^zgiving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, ^aa“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ^abno prophet arises from Galilee.”