Scoffing
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General scriptures concerning
2 Chr 30:6–10; 36:16; Job 21:14, 15; 34:7; Ps 1:1; 42:3, 10; 73:11; 78:19, 20; 107:11, 12; Prov 1:22, 25; 3:34; 9:12; 13:1; 14:6, 9; 19:29; 21:11, 24; 22:10; 24:9; Isa 5:18, 19, 24, 25; 10:15; 29:20; 57:4; Jer 17:15; 43:2; Lam 1:7; Ezek 8:12; 9:9; 11:2, 3; 12:22; 33:20; Hos 7:5; Matt 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 4:23; 11:15; 16:14; Acts 2:13; 13:45; 17:18, 32; Heb 10:29; 2 Pet 3:3, 4
6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
2 Chronicles 30:616 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
2 Chronicles 36:1614 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 21:1415 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Job 21:157 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Job 34:71 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 1:13 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 42:310 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 42:1011 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalms 73:1119 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Psalms 78:1920 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Psalms 78:2011 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Psalms 107:1112 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
Psalms 107:1222 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:2225 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs 1:2534 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Proverbs 3:3412 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 9:121 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 13:16 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Proverbs 14:69 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 14:929 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 19:2911 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Proverbs 21:1124 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Proverbs 21:2410 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 22:109 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 24:918 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Isaiah 5:1819 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Isaiah 5:1924 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 5:2425 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 5:2515 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah 10:1520 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Isaiah 29:204 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Isaiah 57:415 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
Jeremiah 17:152 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Jeremiah 43:27 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
Lamentations 1:712 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Ezekiel 8:129 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Ezekiel 9:92 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Ezekiel 11:23 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Ezekiel 11:322 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Ezekiel 12:2220 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Ezekiel 33:205 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Hosea 7:524 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew 12:2422 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Mark 3:2223 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
Luke 4:2315 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
Luke 11:1514 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Luke 16:1413 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Acts 2:1345 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Acts 13:4518 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Acts 17:1832 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Acts 17:3229 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 10:293 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2 Peter 3:34 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2 Peter 3:4 - See Hatred
- See Malice
- See Unbelief
- Instances of
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Ishmael
Gen 21:9
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Genesis 21:9 -
Youths at Beth-el
2 Kgs 2:23
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
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Ephraim and Manasseh
2 Chr 30:10
10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
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Chiefs of Judah
2 Chr 36:16
16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
2 Chronicles 36:16 -
Sanballat
Neh 4:1
1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Nehemiah 4:1 - Enemies of Job Job 30:1, 9
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Enemies of David
Ps 35:15, 16
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
Psalms 35:1516 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Psalms 35:16 -
Rulers of Israel
Isa 28:14
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:14 -
Ammonites
Ezek 25:3
3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
Ezekiel 25:3 -
Tyrians
Ezek 26:2
2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Ezekiel 26:2 -
The heathen
Ezek 36:2, 3
2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Ezekiel 36:23 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
Ezekiel 36:3 -
Soldiers
Matt 27:28–30; Luke 23:36
28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Matthew 27:2836 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
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Chief priests
Matt 27:41
41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
Matthew 27:41 -
The Pharisees
Luke 16:14
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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The men who seized Jesus
Luke 22:63, 64
63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
Luke 22:6364 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
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Herod Antipas
Luke 23:11
11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
Luke 23:11 -
The people and the Jewish rulers
Luke 23:35
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Luke 23:35 -
Some of the multitude
Acts 2:13
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
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The Athenians
Acts 17:32
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Acts 17:32
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
