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³ Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

Contempt of the Proud

Amos

David

Job

Job 12:5

In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

Psalm 119:51

The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yet have I not swerved from thy law.

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Job 16:4

I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

Psalm 73:5-9

They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men.

Isaiah 32:9

Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird'sackcloth upon your loins.

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.

Jeremiah 48:27

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Amos 6:1

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

Acts 17:21

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.

Acts 26:24

And as he thus made his defense, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.

1 Corinthians 4:13

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.