despised.

Ezra 3:12, 13
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully. . . .

Nehemiah 4:2-4
before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?" . . .

Job 8:7
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will be full of prosperity.

Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Daniel 2:34, 35
While you were watching, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. . . .

Hosea 6:3
So let us know--let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Haggai 2:3
Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?'

Matthew 13:31-33
Jesus put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. . . .

1 Corinthians 1:28, 29
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, . . .

for they, etc.

Isaiah 66:11, 14
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance. . . .

Luke 15:5-10, 32
And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, . . .

and shall.

Amos 7:7, 8
This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. . . .

plummet.

Zechariah 3:9
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, ' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Revelation 8:2
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

they are.

Zechariah 1:10, 11
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, "They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth." . . .

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war."

Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

Revelation 5:6
Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God sent out into all the earth.