Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » The young men of, mock elisha

2 Kings 2:23-24

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!" When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.

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2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Job 19:18

“Even young children despise me;
I rise up and they speak against me.

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Job 30:12

“On the right hand their brood arises;
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

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Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.

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Children » Often wicked and rebellious

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Children » Wicked » Children at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23-24

wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Mocking of a prophet

2 Kings 2:23-24

wicked Children » Exemplified » Children at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Derision » Instances of » The evil children of beth-el deride elisha

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Elisha » Mocked by the young men of beth-el

2 Kings 2:23-24

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2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Job 19:18

“Even young children despise me;
I rise up and they speak against me.

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Job 30:12

“On the right hand their brood arises;
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

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Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.

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Mocking » Of Christ » Of good men

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Acts 2:13

But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”

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Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”

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2 Chronicles 36:16

but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.

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Hebrews 11:36

and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment.

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Psalm 22:7

All who see me

sneer at me;

They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

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2 Chronicles 30:10

So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

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Nehemiah 4:1

Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews.

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Mocking » Some boys mock elisha

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Job 30:1

“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

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Lamentations 5:12

Princes were hung by their hands;

Elders were not respected.

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Persecution » Instances of » Of elijah

2 Kings 1:9

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’”

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2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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1 Kings 18:10

As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

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Ridicule » Of Christ » Of good men

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Acts 2:13

But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”

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Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”

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2 Chronicles 36:16

but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.

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Hebrews 11:36

and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment.

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Psalm 22:7

All who see me

sneer at me;

They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

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2 Chronicles 30:10

So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

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Nehemiah 4:1

Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews.

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Scoffing » Instances of » Youths at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Scorning and mocking » Exemplified » Children at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Vices » Dishonesty » Of children

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Job 19:18

“Even young children despise me;
I rise up and they speak against me.

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Job 30:12

“On the right hand their brood arises;
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

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Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.

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sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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