And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 18:9-10, KJV
He that heareth you heareth me; and "he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me
Luke 10:16, KJV
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans 2:4, KJV
So then I am not lame, poor, nor despised, Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give That I in thy abundance am sufficed, And by a part of all thy glory live.
Shakespeare, Sonnet 37
despicere /despicere/
Classical Latin, Roman Empire
despire /despire/
Old French, France
dispisen /dispisen/
Middle English, England