2 Samuel 6:22
I will be yet more undignified than this, and will be worthless in my own sight. But the maids of whom you have spoken will honor me.”
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2 Samuel 6:22
I will be yet more undignified than this, and will be worthless in my own sight. But the maids of whom you have spoken will honor me.”
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Genesis 16:4
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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Genesis 16:5
Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May Yahweh judge between me and you.”
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Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
Job 40:4
“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job 42:6
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
Psalms 131:1
Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
Isaiah 64:6
For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Luke 17:10
Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’ ”
John 1:27
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
Ephesians 3:8
To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
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Genesis 34:14
and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
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Numbers 14:21
but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory—
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Joshua 24:15
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
1 Chronicles 15:29
As the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
1 Chronicles 16:43
All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
Matthew 10:24
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Acts 2:13
Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”
Acts 26:24
As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
1 Corinthians 2:14
Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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1 Samuel 14:49
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.
1 Samuel 18:7
The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:8
Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”
1 Samuel 18:9
Saul watched David from that day and forward.
1 Samuel 18:10
On the next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;
1 Samuel 18:11
and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” David escaped from his presence twice.
1 Samuel 18:12
Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.
1 Samuel 18:13
Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
1 Samuel 18:14
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
1 Samuel 18:15
When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
1 Samuel 18:16
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
1 Samuel 18:17
Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
1 Samuel 18:18
David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
1 Samuel 18:19
But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
1 Samuel 18:20
Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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1 Samuel 18:21
Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall today be my son-in-law.”
2 Samuel 3:13
David said, “Good. I will make a treaty with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”
2 Samuel 3:14
David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
2 Samuel 3:15
Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish.
2 Samuel 3:16
Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go! Return!” and he returned.
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2 Samuel 6:1
David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 Samuel 6:12
King David was told, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.” So David went and brought up God’s ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
2 Samuel 6:13
When those who bore Yahweh’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
2 Samuel 6:15
So David and all the house of Israel brought up Yahweh’s ark with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
2 Samuel 6:17
They brought in Yahweh’s ark, and set it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
2 Samuel 6:18
When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.
2 Samuel 6:19
He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house.
1 Kings 8:1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.
1 Chronicles 15:25
So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
2 Chronicles 29:20
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to Yahweh’s house.
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Job 2:9
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
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Job 2:10
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
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Job 17:8
Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
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Psalms 69:7
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
Psalms 69:8
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
Psalms 69:9
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Psalms 69:10
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
Psalms 69:11
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
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Song of Solomon 8:1
Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
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Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.
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Matthew 23:29
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
Matthew 23:30
and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
Matthew 23:31
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
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Luke 7:33
For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
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Luke 7:34
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
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1 Samuel 2:30
“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
Matthew 10:32
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10:33
But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10:36
A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
Acts 20:24
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.
1 Peter 4:16
But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
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Psalms 84:10
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Isaiah 51:7
“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
John 15:18
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
Acts 4:29
Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
Romans 8:17
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
Philippians 1:29
Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
Hebrews 11:26
considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
Hebrews 12:2
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 4:13
But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
Revelation 7:14
I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
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Haggai 2:4
Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
Matthew 18:6
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.
Luke 21:13
It will turn out as a testimony for you.
Acts 4:20
for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
Romans 1:15
So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
Philippians 2:18
In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Hebrews 11:38
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
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