1 Thessalonians 4:8

Modern English Version

Therefore he that despises does not despise man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.

Cross References

1 John 3:24

Now the one who keeps His commandments remains in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He remains in us, through the Spirit whom He has given us.

Luke 10:16

“He who listens to you listens to Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

John 12:48

He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him. The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

1 Samuel 8:7

The Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in relation to all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but Me they have rejected from reigning over them.

2 Peter 1:21

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Jude 1:8

Likewise, these ungodly dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander celestial beings.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

1 Corinthians 7:40

But in my judgment she is happier if she so remains as she is. And I think that I have the Spirit of God.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Nehemiah 9:30

For many years You endured them and warned them by Your Spirit in Your prophets, yet they would not listen. Therefore, You gave them into the hand of the people of the lands.

1 Samuel 10:19

But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and your distresses. And you have said to Him, ‘No, but set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your clans.”

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves, but us, concerning the things which are now announced to you, by those who have preached the gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven —things into which angels desire to look.

1 Corinthians 2:10

But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

Acts 13:41

‘Look, you scoffers, marvel and perish! For I will perform a work in your days which you will never believe, even if someone declares it to you.’ ”

Isaiah 53:10

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; He has put him to grief. If he made himself as an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the good pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to the despised one, to the one whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord who is faithful and the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

Exodus 16:8

Then Moses said, “This will happen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy, for the Lord hears your murmurings which you murmur against Him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.”

2 Corinthians 1:22

who also has sealed us and established the guarantee with the Spirit in our hearts.