Bible Verses about 'Despise'

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

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7	The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. awe wisdom learning
How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise 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

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17	The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. sacrifice repentance
No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. 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 devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. serving money debt
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12	Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity. faith love life
Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat; for God has welcomed them. Romans 14:3	Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. judgment food
My child, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. Proverbs 3:11-12	My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction; for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. love Father learning
He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account. Isaiah 53:3	He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him. suffering Jesus sickness
A fool despises a parent's instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent. Proverbs 15:5	A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence. Father wisdom children
God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God. 1 Corinthians 1:28-29	God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist, that no flesh should boast before God. humility calling world
Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die. Proverbs 19:16	He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. law eternal life sin