Psalms 123:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
  • Job 12:5 : 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
  • Ps 73:5-9 : 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
  • Neh 2:19 : 19 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?
  • Isa 32:9 : 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
  • Isa 32:11 : 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
  • Jer 48:11 : 11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
  • Jer 48:27 : 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
  • Jer 48:29 : 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
  • Amos 6:1 : 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
  • Acts 17:21 : 21 For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
  • 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

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

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    2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

    3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

    4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

    5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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    4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

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    24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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  • Prov 21:24
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    24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

  • Ps 44:13-14
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    13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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  • Ps 17:11
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    11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

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    14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

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    2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

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    5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

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    51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

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    2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

    3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

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    6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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    1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

  • Lam 3:14
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    14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

  • Neh 4:4
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    4 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:

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    10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

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    4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

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    4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

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

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