Reviling and Reproaching

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

• 1 Peter 3:9 NT

  not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

• Exodus 22:28 OT

  “You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

• Acts 23:4 NT

  Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”

• Acts 23:5 NT

  Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

• Psalms 74:22 OT

  Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

• Psalms 79:12 OT

  Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

• Proverbs 14:31 OT

  He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

• Matthew 27:39 NT

  Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

• Luke 7:34 NT

  The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

• Psalms 102:8 OT

  My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

• Zephaniah 2:8 OT

  I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

• 2 Peter 2:10 NT

  but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

• 2 Peter 2:11 NT

  whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

• Jude 1:1 NT

  Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

• Psalms 69:9 OT

  For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

• Romans 15:3 NT

  For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

• Psalms 89:51 OT

  With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

• 1 Peter 2:23 NT

  When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

• 1 Timothy 4:10 NT

  For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

• Hebrews 10:33 NT

  partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.

• Psalms 69:7 OT

  Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

• Luke 6:22 NT

  Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

• Matthew 10:25 NT

  It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

• Isaiah 51:7 OT

  “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.