2 Kings 2:23

Elisha Begins His Ministry

²² Then the waters were purified until this very day according to the word of Elisha that he spoke. ²³ Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" ²⁴ When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.

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2 Chronicles 36:16

But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy.

Job 30:1

"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats.

Job 19:18

Little boys also despise me; [when] I rise, then they talk against me.

Genesis 21:9

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne Abraham, mocking.

1 Kings 12:28-32

And the king had decided, so he made two golden calves and he said to them, "{You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough}; here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."

2 Kings 2:11

Then they [were] walking, talking as they went. Suddenly a fiery chariot with horses of fire [appeared] and separated between the two of them. Elijah went up in the storm [to] the heavens

Job 30:8-31

{A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land.

Psalm 31:18

Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against [the] righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.

Psalm 35:15

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

Proverbs 20:11

Even by his acts, a {young man} will make himself known, whether his acts are pure and upright.

Proverbs 22:6

Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; [the] rod of discipline will drive it from him.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Banish anxiety from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and vigor [are] vanity.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, a people heavy [with] iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly. They have forsaken Yahweh; they have despised the holy one of Israel. They are estranged [and gone] backward.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable.

Isaiah 57:3-4

"But you, come near here, you children of a soothsayer, offspring [of] an adulterer and she [who] commits fornication.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children [are] gathering wood, and the fathers [are] kindling the fire, and the women [are] kneading dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out libations to other gods for the sake of provoking me to anger.

Hosea 4:15

Even though you, Israel, [are] playing the whore, do not let Judah become guilty; do not enter Gilgal, or go up [to] Beth-aven; and do not swear, "{As Yahweh lives}!"

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, his people will mourn for it, and his idolatrous priests will wail over it-- over its glory because it has departed from it.

Hosea 10:15

So it will be done to you, Bethel, because of the evil of your wickedness; at dawn, the king of Israel will be utterly destroyed.

Amos 3:14

"For on the day I punish Israel for {its transgression}, I will also punish the altars of Bethel and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

"Come [to] Bethel and transgress; [to] Gilgal and {multiply transgression}! Bring your sacrifices in the morning and your tithes on the {third day}.

Amos 5:5

But do not seek Bethel or go [to] Gilgal or cross over to Beersheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile and Bethel will come to disaster."

Amos 7:13

But do not prophesy again at Bethel, because this [is] a sanctuary of a king and this [is] a temple of a kingdom."

Matthew 27:29-31

and weaving a crown of thorns, they put [it] on his head, and [put] a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

Matthew 27:40-43

and saying, "The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

Galatians 4:29

But just as at that time the [child] born according to human descent persecuted the [child born] according to the Spirit, so also now.

Hebrews 11:36

And others {experienced mocking and flogging}, and in addition bonds and imprisonment.