Verses with the word contempt in the Apocrypha (3 verses):
Additions to Esther 13:12
Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was neither in contempt nor pride, nor for any desire of glory, that I did not bow down to proud Aman.
1 Maccabees 1:39
Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.
2 Maccabees 3:18
Others ran flocking out of their houses to the general supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.
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