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What is the definition of scorn?
Scorn definition: Scorn means to mock or treat with contempt or dishonor. When it comes to God, He should be treated with honor and fear, not with disdain and scorn. In the Bible, being scornful with regards to God and His Word is a sin and a scorner is an abomination according to Proverbs 24.
Other Definitions Of The Word Scorn
- Scorn means Prideful dishonor of God and His people
- Scorn means To Lack Knowledge of the Things of God through willful disobedience
- Scorn means To find joy in the dishonor of the righteous
- The word scorn means To Deride
- To Mock God and His people is to scorn them
- Scorn means to treat the righteous with contempt.
- Scorn means to be purposefully wicked
- Scorn can mean intense dislike
- Scorn is extreme contempt
- Scorn is disdain For Just And Right People and things
- Scorn is angry Mockery of The Upright
- Scorn means to denigrate
- Scorn also means to treat with disrespect
- Scorn means To be irreverent with the holy.
- Scorn means to refuse advice or an offer because you are too proud
- Scorn can mean to show that you think (someone or something) is not worthy of respect or approval
- Scorn means Open disrespect for someone or something
- Scorn can also mean to refuse to do something, as beneath oneself
- Scorn is to feel or display contempt or disdain for something or someone, most notably, for God.
Brief History of The Word Scorn
Scorn is a Middle English word, from the Anglo-Old French escharne, escar. The word scorn is also of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German scern jest
Scriptures That Define Scorn
Proverbs 1:22 “How long will you gullible people love being so gullible? How long will you mockers find joy in your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?”
Proverbs 29:8-9 “Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath. If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs. Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.”
- Proverbs 21:10-11 “The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes. When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.”
More Scorn Bible Verses That Share The Meaning
- Proverbs 24:8-9 “The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person. A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.”
- Proverbs 3:33-34 “The LORD’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.”
- Proverbs 19:28-29 “An evil witness makes fun of fairness, and wicked people love what is evil. People who make fun of wisdom will be punished, and the backs of foolish people will be beaten.”
What Does The Bible Say About Scorn and How To Definite It?
Romans 2:8-9 “But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.”
Proverbs 13:1 “A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.”
- Psalm 44:13-16 “You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us. You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.”
- Job 16:10-11 “People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me. God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.”
We hope that you enjoyed this article on the meaning of scorn and put scorn and its cousins of pride and unrighteous anger out of your life in Jesus' Name.
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