Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'contempt' occurs 12 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'contempt' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 123:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 123:3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

 123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 10 4 14
NT 0 1 1
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 12 5 17

Esth. 1:18
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Job 31:34
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Ps. 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Ps. 107:40
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Ps. 119:22
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

Ps. 123:3
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Ps. 123:4
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Prov. 18:3
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

Isa. 23:9
The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Dan. 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Mal. 1:7
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

Mal. 1:12
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

Mal. 2:9
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

2 Cor. 10:10
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Jacob 4:3
Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.

JS-H 1:21
Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.