16 Bible Verses about Reproach
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Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,
If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious. For it is necessary [for] the overseer to be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,
But because you have {utterly scorned} Yahweh in this matter, the son born for you {will certainly die}."
So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God [to prevent] the disgrace from the nations, our enemies?
And they came into the nations {to which they went}, and they profaned {my holy name} when they said to them, 'These [are] the people of Yahweh, and from his land they went out.'
For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled.
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
For to this [end] we labor and suffer reproach, because we have put our hope in [the] living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.
sometimes being publicly exposed both to insults and to afflictions, and sometimes becoming sharers with those who were treated in this way.
considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
However, some {worthless men} said, "How can this [man] deliver us?" So they despised him and brought no gift to him, but he kept silent.
From Thematic Bible
Reproach » Suffered
If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
For to this [end] we labor and suffer reproach, because we have put our hope in [the] living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.
sometimes being publicly exposed both to insults and to afflictions, and sometimes becoming sharers with those who were treated in this way.
Reproach » Inconsistency in religious life brings reproach upon the cause of truth
But because you have {utterly scorned} Yahweh in this matter, the son born for you {will certainly die}."
And they came into the nations {to which they went}, and they profaned {my holy name} when they said to them, 'These [are] the people of Yahweh, and from his land they went out.'
And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled.
So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God [to prevent] the disgrace from the nations, our enemies?
Who boast in the law, by the transgression of the law you dishonor God! For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
Reproach » Who reproaches the lord
O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt.
He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
Reproach » The reproaches of man falling on jesus Christ
For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
Save me, O God, because waters have come up to [my] neck. I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me. I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God. read more.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore. O God, {you yourself know} my foolishness, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you. Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me, O Lord Yahweh [of] hosts. Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel. Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons, because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
Reproach » Who is a son that brings reproach
He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
Reproach » What is a reproach to any people
Righteousness will exalt a nation, but sin [is] a reproach to a people.
Reproach » How reproach ceases
Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out; quarrel and abuse will cease.
Reproach » What comes with reproach
With the coming of wickedness comes contempt also, and with dishonor, disgrace.
