When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.
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.
Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.
The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall.
If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.
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?