Quotes about Reproach
It is far better to bear the contempt and hatred of adversaries than to fall into reproach and into the snare of the devil, as Paul says in 1 Tim. 3:7. The
— Martin Luther
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
— Genesis 20:9
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
— Joshua 5:9
But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
— 1 Samuel 11:2
Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
— 2 Samuel 19:5
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
— Nehemiah 5:9
Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
— Job 19:3
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
— Psalm 35:26
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
— Psalm 39:8
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
— Psalm 40:15
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
— Psalm 44:13
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
— Psalm 50:20