12 Bible Verses about Abuse, To God's People

Others mocked them saying, "They are full of new wine."

But they mocked the messengers of God and despised their words and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD so arose against his people that it was past remedy.

But as for me, I am a worm and no man: a very scorn of men and the outcast of the people. All they that see me, laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads. "He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him."

And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee is fallen upon me.read more.
I wept, and chastened myself with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof. I put on a sackcloth, and therefore they jested upon me. They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised.

O LORD, thou makest me weak, but thou refreshest me, and makest me strong again. All the day long am I despised, and laughed to scorn of every man:

But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth and took great indignation and mocked the Jews and said before his brethren and the soldiers of Samaria, "What do these impotent Jews? Shall they be thus suffered? Shall they offer? Shall they perform it in one day? Shall they make the stones whole again that are brought to dust, and burnt?" And Tobiah the Ammonite beside him said, "Let them build on: if a fox go up, he shall break down their stony wall."read more.
Hear, O thou our God, how we are despised! Turn their shame upon their own head, that thou mayest give them over into despising in the land of their captivity.

And it seemeth to them a strange thing that ye run not also with them unto the same excess of riot, and therefore speak they evil of you,

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall falsely say all manner of evil sayings against you for my sake.

When they heard of the resurrection from death, some mocked, and others said, "We will hear thee again of this matter."

And when they said contrary, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment and said unto them, "Your blood upon your own heads. And from henceforth I go blameless unto the gentiles."

I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. And I know the blasphemy of them which call themselves Jews and are not, but are the congregation of Satan.