Lexicon :: Strong's G1847 - exoudeneō

Zebul replied, “What do you have to say now? You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? ’ Aren’t these the troops you despised? Now go and fight them! ”

For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,

he has rejected you as king.

Samuel replied to Saul, “I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the LORD, the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

The LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the LORD sees,[fn] for humans see what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart.”

“Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.’

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping[fn] and dancing, and she despised him in her heart.

But now they mock me,

men younger than I am,

whose fathers I would have refused to put

with my sheep dogs.

who despises the one rejected by the LORD[fn]

but honors those who fear the LORD,

who keeps his word whatever the cost,

For he has not despised or abhorred

the torment of the oppressed.

He did not hide his face from him

but listened when he cried to him for help.

Then they will be filled with dread —

dread like no other —

because God will scatter

the bones of those who besiege you.

You will put them to shame,

for God has rejected them.

May they vanish like water that flows by;

may they aim their blunted arrows.[fn]

But you laugh at them, LORD;

you ridicule all the nations.

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

For the LORD listens to the needy

and does not despise

his own who are prisoners.

Like one waking from a dream,

Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.

I was stupid and didn’t understand;

I was an unthinking animal toward you.

God heard and became furious;

he completely rejected Israel.

But you have spurned and rejected him;

you have become enraged with your anointed.

He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute

and will not despise their prayer.

They despised the pleasant land

and did not believe his promise.

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

You reject all who stray from your statutes,

for their deceit is a lie.

I am insignificant and despised,

but I do not forget your precepts.

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

If only I could treat you like my brother,[fn]

one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,

I would find you in public and kiss you,

and no one would scorn me.

A huge torrent cannot extinguish love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all his wealth[fn] for love,

it would be utterly scorned.

“In his place a despised person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come during a time of peace[fn] and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

“For who despises the day of small things? These seven eyes of the LORD, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the ceremonial stone[fn] in Zerubbabel’s hand.”

“By presenting defiled food on my altar.”

“How have we defiled you? ” you ask.

When you say, “The LORD’s table is contemptible.”

“But you are profaning it when you say, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.’

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping my ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.”