Psalms 119:22

The psalmist asks God to remove reproach and contempt because he has kept His testimonies. It matters because faithfulness to God's word can invite scorn yet rests its case before God.

Cross-references · 18

• Ps 39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
• Ps 119:39Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
• 1 Pet 2:20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
• 1 Pet 4:14–16If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• 1 Pet 3:16–17Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
• Ps 119:42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
• 2 Sam 16:7–8And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
• Ps 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
• 1 Sam 25:39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
• Ps 123:3–4Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
• Job 16:20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
• Ps 68:19–20Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
• Ps 68:9–11Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
• Ps 37:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
• 1 Sam 25:10And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
• Ps 42:10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
• Heb 13:13Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
• Job 19:2–3How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

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