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1 Petrus 2 23
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. (niv)
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Sprüche 10:19
Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues. (niv)
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Lukas 18:9
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: (niv)
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Psalm 123:3-4
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud. (niv)
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Lukas 16:14
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. (niv)
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Richter 9:38
Then Zebul said to him,“ Where is your big talk now, you who said,‘ Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?’ Aren’t these the men you ridiculed? Go out and fight them!” (niv)
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1 Samuel 10 27
But some scoundrels said,“ How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent. (niv)
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Sprüche 14:21
It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy. (niv)
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Nehemia 4:2-4
and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said,“ What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble— burned as they are?”Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said,“ What they are building— even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. (niv)
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2 Könige 18 36
But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded,“ Do not answer him.” (niv)
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Richter 9:27-29
After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden them, they held a festival in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.Then Gaal son of Ebed said,“ Who is Abimelek, and why should we Shechemites be subject to him? Isn’t he Jerub- Baal’s son, and isn’t Zebul his deputy? Serve the family of Hamor, Shechem’s father! Why should we serve Abimelek?If only this people were under my command! Then I would get rid of him. I would say to Abimelek,‘ Call out your whole army!’” (niv)
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Johannes 7:48-52
“ Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law— there is a curse on them.”Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,“ Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”They replied,“ Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.” (niv)