Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

{When} pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly {is} wisdom.

Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious {woman}, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? {Thou...: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion}

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: {despised: Heb. despite}

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked {for some} to take pity, but {there was} none; and for comforters, but I found none. {to take...: Heb. to lament with me}

Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with {them} to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of {you}:

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

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy {is} he.