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1 Peter 4 14
If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. (niv)
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Psalms 69:20
Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. (niv)
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Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall. (niv)
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Psalms 123:3-4
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud. (niv)
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Nehemiah 4:4
Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. (niv)
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Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended. (niv)
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Matthew 27:39-44
Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their headsand saying,“ You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.“ He saved others,” they said,“ but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said,‘ I am the Son of God.’”In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him. (niv)
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Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. (niv)
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1 Samuel 20 30
Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him,“ You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? (niv)
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1 Peter 4 4
They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. (niv)
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Psalms 69:9
for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. (niv)