The phrase "despise" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
despise
...O for the faith in Jesu’s name
Which tyrants can despise,
Which triumphs o’er the threatening flame...
O for the faith in Jesu’s name
Which tyrants can despise,
Which triumphs o’er the threatening flame
...How long, ye sons of men, will ye
The servant of the Lord despise,
Delight yourselves with vanity,...
How long, ye sons of men, will ye
The servant of the Lord despise,
Delight yourselves with vanity,
...Stay not for the morrow’s sun:
Wisdom if you still despise,
Harder is it to be won....
Stay not for the morrow’s sun:
Wisdom if you still despise,
Harder is it to be won.
...But grace so dearly bought,
If yet thou wilt despise,
Thy fearful doom with vengeance fraught,...
But grace so dearly bought,
If yet thou wilt despise,
Thy fearful doom with vengeance fraught,
...Her sons are blessed of God;
Though scoffers now despise their name
The Lord shall break their rod....
Her sons are blessed of God;
Though scoffers now despise their name
The Lord shall break their rod.
...Thy Word and sacrament
Let me ne’er despise!
Thou art the Way, O Lord;...
Thy Word and sacrament
Let me ne’er despise!
Thou art the Way, O Lord;
...To bear along life’s way.
The scoffs of those who despise Him,
And the sneers of those who revile,...
To bear along life’s way.
The scoffs of those who despise Him,
And the sneers of those who revile,
...The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;
The ark was coming up the road....
The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;
The ark was coming up the road.
...Who on the Gospel cast contempt,
And still despise a Savior’s love.
But to the scepter they must yield,...
Who on the Gospel cast contempt,
And still despise a Savior’s love.
But to the scepter they must yield,
...Of armies in array;
When God has first despised their host
They fall an easy prey....
Of armies in array;
When God has first despised their host
They fall an easy prey.
...The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;
The ark was coming up the road....
The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;
The ark was coming up the road.
...To an immortal crown,
And millions, that His grace despise,
Shall sink in ruin down....
To an immortal crown,
And millions, that His grace despise,
Shall sink in ruin down.
...A soul oppressed with sin’s desert,
My God will ne’er despise;
A humble groan, a broken heart,...
A soul oppressed with sin’s desert,
My God will ne’er despise;
A humble groan, a broken heart,
...Of Thy most holy Word.
Though I am humble and despised,
I strive Thy will to do;...
Of Thy most holy Word.
Though I am humble and despised,
I strive Thy will to do;
...Against His Christ combine,
Th’Anointed to despise;
Though earth disdain...
Against His Christ combine,
Th’Anointed to despise;
Though earth disdain
...They cheat the simple soul,
Teach men Thy Gospel to despise,
And spurn Thy mild control....
They cheat the simple soul,
Teach men Thy Gospel to despise,
And spurn Thy mild control.
...Mingling joy with tears:
For the truth despised and hated,
Soon the crown we’ll wear....
Mingling joy with tears:
For the truth despised and hated,
Soon the crown we’ll wear.
...On rebels who refuse the grace;
Who God’s eternal Son despise,
The hottest hell shall be their place....
On rebels who refuse the grace;
Who God’s eternal Son despise,
The hottest hell shall be their place.
...Reveal Thy dreadful name;
Let them no more Thy wrath despise,
Nor turn our hope to shame....
Reveal Thy dreadful name;
Let them no more Thy wrath despise,
Nor turn our hope to shame.
...A life of penitential love;
When most my follies I despise,
And raise my highest thoughts above....
A life of penitential love;
When most my follies I despise,
And raise my highest thoughts above.
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