'Contemptible' in the Bible
Then his master called him and said to him, ‘You wicked and contemptible slave, I forgave all that [great] debt of yours because you begged me.
But this [ignorant, contemptible] crowd that does not know the Law is accursed and doomed!”
But the Jewish leaders became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that reveal my weakness [the things by which I am made weak in the eyes of my opponents].
But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
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- Abject (3 instances)
- Contemptible (26 instances)
- Despicable (12 instances)
- Despised (121 instances)
- Dirty (13 instances)
- Downtrodden (6 instances)
- Little (488 instances)
- Mean (125 instances)