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Quotes about Despise

For when we have learned to know God in the Son after apprehending the forgiveness of sins and the Holy Spirit, who clothes our hearts with joy and with the freedom from care because of which we despise sin and death, what is left? "Go, and do not keep silence, in order that the rest of the multitude may be saved too, not you alone.
— Martin Luther
And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work which was none of theirs.
— John Owen
The world tempts us either by attaching us to it in prosperity, or by filling us with fear of adversity. But faith overcomes this in that we believe in a life to come better than this one, and hence we despise the riches of this world and we are not terrified in the face of adversity.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.
— Teresa of Avila
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
— Genesis 16:4
On the other hand are the ungodly who want to have a full and secure belly. If anyone talks to them about faith and patience, they mock and despise Him and say, "Can this fool tell us what is good? Yes, you be patient until a roast chicken flies into your mouth. Trust in that and you will starve!
— Martin Luther
And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
— Leviticus 26:11
Where Christ's laws are written in the heart, there all other good laws are best obeyed. None despise man's law but those that despise Christ's first.
— Richard Sibbes
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
— Proverbs 6:30
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
— Isaiah 5:24
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
— Luke 16:13
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
— Jeremiah 23:17