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,'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (See NIV)
1 Samuel 17:42 When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Esther 3:6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the Mordecai's people. (See NAS RSV)
Job 30:1 "But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Psalms 22:24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard. (See NIV)
Jeremiah 30:19 Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. (See NIV)