Bible Verses about 'Despise'

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools are… Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools are those who despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7	The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. awe wisdom learning
Blessed is the man whom God reproves. Therefore, do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. Job 5:17	Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. punishment suffering blessing

No one can serve two masters. For you will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24	No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. serving money debt
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a contrite and humble heart, O God, you will not spurn. Psalm 51:19	The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. sacrifice repentance
Let no one regard you with contempt because of your youth, but serve as an example to the believers in your speech and conduct, in your love, your faith, and your purity. 1 Timothy 4:12	Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. faith love life
My son, do not ignore the Lord’s discipline or refuse to accept his rebuke. For the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, just as a father chastises a beloved son. Proverbs 3:11-12	My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor detest His correction; For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights. love Father learning
The one who eats everything must not look contemptuously on the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed both. Romans 14:3	Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. judgment food
He was despised and shunned by others, a man of sorrows who was no stranger to suffering. We loathed him and regarded him as of no account, as one from whom men avert their gaze. Isaiah 53:3	He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. suffering Jesus sickness
A fool spurns his father’s correction, but whoever heeds admonition is prudent. Proverbs 15:5	A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent. Father wisdom children
God chose those in the world who were lowly and despised, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who were regarded as worthy, so that no one could boast in the presence of God. 1 Corinthians 1:28-29	And the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. humility calling world
Whoever observes the commandments will live, but the one who scorns them will die. Proverbs 19:16	He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of his ways will die. law eternal life sin