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- 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.†
Chpt 1 *despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.†
Chpt 1despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.†
Chpt 3despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!†
Chpt 5despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- 6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.†
Chpt 6despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.†
Chpt 11despiseth = dislikes strongly and looks down uponstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She despiseth" in older English, today we say "She despises."
- 12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.†
Chpt 12despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- 12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.†
Chpt 12
- 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.†
Chpt 13despiseth = dislikes strongly and looks down uponstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She despiseth" in older English, today we say "She despises."
- 14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.†
Chpt 14
- 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.†
Chpt 14
- 15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.†
Chpt 15
- 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.†
Chpt 15
- 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.†
Chpt 15
- 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.†
Chpt 19
- 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.†
Chpt 23despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- 23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.†
Chpt 23
- 30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.†
Chpt 30despiseth = dislikes strongly and looks down uponstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She despiseth" in older English, today we say "She despises."
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)