Is there a verse in the Bible that says one should not show contempt?

Answer 1

with all the verses that use the word comtempt on, 1 Thessalonians 5:20 - do not treat prophecies with contemptis the closest to your question.

You look up the word comtempt in The Bible...

Leviticus 22:9

" 'The priests are to keep my requirements so that they do not become guilty and die for treating them with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.

Leviticus 22:8-10 (in Context) Leviticus 22 (Whole Chapter)

Numbers 14:11

The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?

Numbers 14:10-12 (in Context) Numbers 14 (Whole Chapter)

Numbers 14:23

not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their forefathers. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it.

Numbers 14:22-24 (in Context) Numbers 14 (Whole Chapter)

Numbers 16:30

But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt."

Numbers 16:29-31 (in Context) Numbers 16 (Whole Chapter)

Deuteronomy 17:12

The man who shows contempt for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering there to the LORD your God must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 17:11-13 (in Context) Deuteronomy 17 (Whole Chapter)

Deuteronomy 17:13

All the people will hear and be afraid, and will not be contemptuous again.

Deuteronomy 17:12-14 (in Context) Deuteronomy 17 (Whole Chapter)

1 Samuel 2:17

This sin of the young men was very great in the LORD's sight, for they were treating the LORD's offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 2:16-18 (in Context) 1 Samuel 2 (Whole Chapter)

1 Samuel 3:13

For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, and he failed to restrain them.

1 Samuel 3:12-14 (in Context) 1 Samuel 3 (Whole Chapter)

1 Samuel 25:39

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal's wrongdoing down on his own head." Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

1 Samuel 25:38-40 (in Context) 1 Samuel 25 (Whole Chapter)

2 Samuel 12:14

But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show utter contempt, the son born to you will die."

2 Samuel 12:13-15 (in Context) 2 Samuel 12 (Whole Chapter)

2 Samuel 19:43

Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king; and besides, we have a greater claim on David than you have. So why do you treat us with contempt? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the men of Judah responded even more harshly than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:42-43 (in Context) 2 Samuel 19 (Whole Chapter)

Job 12:5

Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Job 12:4-6 (in Context) Job 12 (Whole Chapter)

Job 12:21

He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

Job 12:20-22 (in Context) Job 12 (Whole Chapter)

Job 31:34

because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside

Job 31:33-35 (in Context) Job 31 (Whole Chapter)

Psalm 31:11

Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends- those who see me on the street flee from me.

Psalm 31:10-12 (in Context) Psalm 31 (Whole Chapter)

Psalm 31:18

Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

Psalm 31:17-19 (in Context) Psalm 31 (Whole Chapter)

Psalm 107:40

he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

Psalm 107:39-41 (in Context) Psalm 107 (Whole Chapter)

Psalm 119:22

Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.

Psalm 119:21-23 (in Context) Psalm 119 (Whole Chapter)

Psalm 123:3

Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

Psalm 123:2-4 (in Context) Psalm 123 (Whole Chapter)

Psalm 123:4

We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.

Psalm 123:3-4 (in Context) Psalm 123 (Whole Chapter)

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 14:30-32 (in Context) Proverbs 14 (Whole Chapter)

Proverbs 17:5

He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 17:4-6 (in Context) Proverbs 17 (Whole Chapter)

Proverbs 18:3

When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes disgrace.

Proverbs 18:2-4 (in Context) Proverbs 18 (Whole Chapter)

Proverbs 19:16

He who obeys instructions guards his life, but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.

Proverbs 19:15-17 (in Context) Proverbs 19 (Whole Chapter)

Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

Proverbs 27:10-12 (in Context) Proverbs 27 (Whole Chapter)

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

Ezekiel 22:6-8 (in Context) Ezekiel 22 (Whole Chapter)

Ezekiel 35:12

Then you will know that I the LORD have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, "They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour."

Ezekiel 35:11-13 (in Context) Ezekiel 35 (Whole Chapter)

Daniel 11:21

"He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue.

Daniel 11:20-22 (in Context) Daniel 11 (Whole Chapter)

Daniel 12:2

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:1-3 (in Context) Daniel 12 (Whole Chapter)

Hosea 12:14

But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger; his Lord will leave upon him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.

Hosea 12:13-14 (in Context) Hosea 12 (Whole Chapter)

Nahum 3:6

I will pelt you with filth, I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.

Nahum 3:5-7 (in Context) Nahum 3 (Whole Chapter)

Malachi 1:6

[ Blemished Sacrifices ] "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?" says the LORD Almighty. "It is you, O priests, who show contempt for my name. "But you ask, 'How have we shown contempt for your name?'

Malachi 1:5-7 (in Context) Malachi 1 (Whole Chapter)

Malachi 1:7

"You place defiled food on my altar. "But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' "By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible.

Malachi 1:6-8 (in Context) Malachi 1 (Whole Chapter)

Malachi 1:12

"But you profane it by saying of the Lord's table, 'It is defiled,' and of its food, 'It is contemptible.'

Malachi 1:11-13 (in Context) Malachi 1 (Whole Chapter)

Malachi 1:13

And you say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it contemptuously," says the LORD Almighty. "When you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?" says the LORD.

Malachi 1:12-14 (in Context) Malachi 1 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 2:4

Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?

Romans 2:3-5 (in Context) Romans 2 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 4:14

Even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.

Galatians 4:13-15 (in Context) Galatians 4 (Whole Chapter)

1 Thessalonians 5:20

do not treat prophecies with contempt.