Bible Verses About Contempt: Often punished

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.