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And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs which I have wrought among them? (Numbers 14, 11)
For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise me and break my covenant. (Deuteronomy 31, 20)
Therefore the LORD the God of Israel declares: `I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever'; but now the LORD declares: `Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Samuel 2, 30)
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. (2 Samuel 19, 43)
Seek advice from every wise man, and do not despise any useful counsel. (Tobit 4, 18)
And they marveled at her beauty, and admired the Israelites, judging them by her, and every one said to his neighbor, "Who can despise these people, who have women like this among them? Surely not a man of them had better be left alive, for if we let them go they will be able to ensnare the whole world!" (Judith 10, 19)
"Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. (Job 5, 17)
Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked? (Job 10, 3)
Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me. (Job 19, 18)
"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. (Job 36, 5)
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes." (Job 42, 6)
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. (Psalms 51, 17)