The phrase "reviled" resonates through 11 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
reviled
...Blessèd are they that for His sake
Are persecuted and reviled;
Our Savior’s love a Heav’n can make,...
Blessèd are they that for His sake
Are persecuted and reviled;
Our Savior’s love a Heav’n can make,
...See, boldly sin is praised
And good reviled;
O give us hearts to fight...
See, boldly sin is praised
And good reviled;
O give us hearts to fight
...To cruel death upon the tree;
By foe reviled, by friend disowned,
And dying, won the victory....
To cruel death upon the tree;
By foe reviled, by friend disowned,
And dying, won the victory.
...Jesus, too, was scorned, rejected,
Yet reviled them not again.
Though our human courage falters,...
Jesus, too, was scorned, rejected,
Yet reviled them not again.
Though our human courage falters,
...Humbled to a mortal child,
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled;
Jesus, hear and save!...
Humbled to a mortal child,
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled;
Jesus, hear and save!
...Patient endured the scoffing tongue;
Though oft provoked, he ne’er reviled,
Or did His greatest foe a wrong....
Patient endured the scoffing tongue;
Though oft provoked, he ne’er reviled,
Or did His greatest foe a wrong.
...This is the beautiful story of old.
Brought before Pilate, abused and reviled,
Cruelly smitten, His raiment defiled,...
This is the beautiful story of old.
Brought before Pilate, abused and reviled,
Cruelly smitten, His raiment defiled,
...The merry sinners laughed or blushed,
Alas, and some reviled;
All cried, as to the dance they rushed,...
The merry sinners laughed or blushed,
Alas, and some reviled;
All cried, as to the dance they rushed,
...Hope shall gild thy rising sun!
While on earth reviled, rejected,
Gain He counted but as loss....
Hope shall gild thy rising sun!
While on earth reviled, rejected,
Gain He counted but as loss.
...But on earth thou art a stranger,
Persecuted and reviled.
Still rejoice amid thy trials,...
But on earth thou art a stranger,
Persecuted and reviled.
Still rejoice amid thy trials,
...His welcome cross we daily bear,
Hated, reviled, oppressed;
We only can His truths declare...
His welcome cross we daily bear,
Hated, reviled, oppressed;
We only can His truths declare
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