Bible Cross References
the name
Isaiah 52:5
And now in Babylonia the same thing has happened: you are captives, and nothing was paid for you. Those who rule over you boast and brag and constantly show contempt for me.
Lamentations 2:15
People passing by the city look at you in scorn. They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins: "Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?"
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies mock you and glare at you with hate. They curl their lips and sneer, "We have destroyed it! This is the day we have waited for!"
Ezekiel 36:20-23
20
Wherever they went, they brought disgrace on my holy name, because people would say, 'These are the people of the LORD, but they had to leave his land.'
21
That made me concerned for my holy name, since the Israelites brought disgrace on it everywhere they went.
22
"Now then, give the Israelites the message that I, the Sovereign LORD, have for them: What I am going to do is not for the sake of you Israelites, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have disgraced in every country where you have gone.
23
When I demonstrate to the nations the holiness of my great name---the name you disgraced among them---then they will know that I am the LORD. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. I will use you to show the nations that I am holy.
Matthew 18:7
How terrible for the world that there are things that make people lose their faith! Such things will always happen---but how terrible for the one who causes them!
1 Timothy 5:14
So I would prefer that the younger widows get married, have children, and take care of their homes, so as to give our enemies no chance of speaking evil of us.
1 Timothy 6:1
Those who are slaves must consider their masters worthy of all respect, so that no one will speak evil of the name of God and of our teaching.
Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so that no one will speak evil of the message that comes from God.
Titus 2:8
Use sound words that cannot be criticized, so that your enemies may be put to shame by not having anything bad to say about us.
as it is written
2 Samuel 12:14
But because you have shown such contempt for the LORD in doing this, your child will die."