Occurrences
Bûwz occurs 11 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Job (3), Psalms (5), Proverbs (2)
- Genesis 38:23 — And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed (לָב֑וּז): behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
- Job 12:5 — He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised (בּ֭וּז) in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Job 12:21 — He poureth contempt (בּ֭וּז) upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
- Job 31:34 — Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt (וּבוּז) of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
- Psalms 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously (וָבֽוּז) against the righteous.
- Psalms 107:40 — He poureth contempt (בּ֭וּז) upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
- Psalms 119:22 — Remove from me reproach and contempt (וָב֑וּז); for I have kept thy testimonies.
- Psalms 123:3 — Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt (בֽוּז).
- Psalms 123:4 — Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt (הַ֝בּ֗וּז) of the proud.
- Proverbs 12:8 — A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised (לָבֽוּז).
- Proverbs 18:3 — When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt (בּ֑וּז), and with ignominy reproach.