Topic
Contempt
45 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 16:4Torrey Exemplified — Hagar
¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
- 1 Samuel 10:27Torrey Exemplified — Children of Belial
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
- 1 Samuel 25:10Torrey Exemplified — Nabal
¶ And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
- 1 Samuel 25:11Torrey Exemplified — Nabal
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
- 2 Samuel 6:16Torrey Exemplified — Michal
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
- Nehemiah 2:19Torrey Exemplified — Sanballat, &c
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
- Nehemiah 4:2Torrey Exemplified — Sanballat, &c
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
- Nehemiah 4:3Torrey Exemplified — Sanballat, &c
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
- Nehemiah 4:4Torrey Causes saints to cry to God
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
- Job 19:18Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — The afflicted
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
- Job 31:13Torrey Sin of
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
- Job 31:14Torrey Sin of
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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- Psalms 14:6 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — The poor
- Psalms 22:6 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Christ
- Psalms 119:141 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Saints
- Psalms 123:3 Torrey Causes saints to cry to God
- Psalms 123:4 Torrey Pride and prosperity prompt to
- Proverbs 11:12 Torrey Folly of
- Proverbs 14:21 Torrey Sin of
- Proverbs 15:5 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Parents
- Proverbs 15:20 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Parents
- Proverbs 18:3 Torrey A characteristic of the wicked
- Proverbs 23:22 Torrey FORBIDDEN TOWARDS — Parents
- Ecclesiastes 9:16 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — The poor
- Isaiah 5:24 Torrey A characteristic of the wicked
- Isaiah 53:3 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Christ
- Isaiah 60:14 Torrey TOWARDS THE CHURCH — Often turned into respect
- Isaiah 65:5 Torrey Self-righteous prompts to
- Ezekiel 28:26 Torrey TOWARDS THE CHURCH — Often punished
- Matthew 18:10 Torrey FORBIDDEN TOWARDS — Christ's little ones
- Matthew 27:29 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Christ
- Luke 10:16 Torrey Of ministers, is a despising of God
- Luke 18:9 Torrey Self-righteous prompts to
- Luke 18:11 Torrey Self-righteous prompts to
- Romans 14:3 Torrey FORBIDDEN TOWARDS — Weak brethren
- 1 Corinthians 16:11 Torrey FORBIDDEN TOWARDS — Young ministers
- 2 Corinthians 10:10 Torrey Exemplified — False teachers
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Torrey Of ministers, is a despising of God
- 1 Timothy 4:12 Torrey Ministers should give no occasion for
- 1 Timothy 6:2 Torrey FORBIDDEN TOWARDS — Believing masters
- 2 Timothy 3:3 Torrey A characteristic of the wicked
- James 2:1–3 Torrey FORBIDDEN TOWARDS — The poor
- James 2:6 Torrey Saints sometimes guilty of
- 2 Peter 2:10 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Authorities
- Jude 1:8 Torrey THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS — Authorities
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 45 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Sin of Job 31:13,14; Pr 14:21
- Folly of Pr 11:12
- A characteristic of the wicked Pr 18:3; Isa 5:24; 2Ti 3:3
- FORBIDDEN TOWARDS
- Self-righteous prompts to Isa 65:5; Lu 18:9,11
- Pride and prosperity prompt to Ps 123:4
- Ministers should give no occasion for 1Ti 4:12
- Of ministers, is a despising of God Lu 10:16; 1Th 4:8
- TOWARDS THE CHURCH
- Causes saints to cry to God Ne 4:4; Ps 123:3
- THE WICKED EXHIBIT TOWARDS
- Saints sometimes guilty of Jas 2:6
- Exemplified
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.