65 Bible Verses about Mockery

Now therefore, what do I do here, says LORD, seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them howl, says LORD, and {because of you (LXX/NT)} my name is continually blasphemed {among the Gentiles (LXX/NT)}.

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?

But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.

Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

And now I have become their song, Yea, I am a byword to them.

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king?

All those who see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head, [saying],

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not. Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

Thou make us hatred to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples, with which thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

The proud have had me greatly in derision, [yet] I have not swerved from thy law.

O LORD, thou have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughing-stock all the day; everyone mocks me.

I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

But others, mocking said, They are filled of wine.

But when they heard the resurrection of the dead, of course they mocked, but others said, We will hear thee again about this.

And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.

And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples in private on the way, and he said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scholars. And they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles to ridicule, and to scourge, and to crucify. And the third day he will rise.

And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And again having summoned the twelve, he began to tell them the things that were going to Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. And the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scholars. And they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles. And they will mock him, and will scourge, and will spit upon him, and will kill him. And the third day he will rise.

And having taken along the twelve, he said to them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets about the Son of man will be completed. For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, and he will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. And after scourging, they will kill him, and the third day he will rise up.

Then they spat in his face and struck him with a fist. And some slapped him, saying, Prophesy to us, thou Christ. Who is he who struck thee?

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with a fist, and to say to him, Prophesy. And the subordinates were throwing him with slaps.

And the men who held Jesus mocked him, while striking him. And having covered him, they struck his face, and demanded him, saying, Prophesy! Who is he who struck thee? And they spoke many other things against him, railing against him.

But Herod having disdained him with his soldiers, and having mocked him, having arraying him in a bright robe, he sent him back to Pilate.

Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole band to him. And having stripped him, they put a scarlet robe on him. And having woven a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And having knelt down before him, they ridiculed him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!read more.
And having spat upon him, they took the reed and were striking him on his head. And after they ridiculed him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify.

And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole band. And they put purple clothing on him, and clothe him with a woven crown of thorns, and began to salute him, Hail, king of the Jews!read more.
And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshiped him. And when they had mocked him, they took the purple garment off of him, and dressed him with his own garments. And they lead him out so that they might crucify him.

And likewise also the chief priests, ridiculing with the scholars, and elders, and Pharisees, said, He saved others, he cannot save himself. If he is the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusted in God, let him rescue him now, if he wants him, for he said, I am the Son of God.read more.
And also the robbers who were crucified with him reviled him the same way.

Likewise also the chief priests mocking among each other with the scholars said, He saved others, he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe in him. And those who were crucified with him reviled him.

And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God.

And the soldiers also mocked him, approaching, and bringing him vinegar,

Surely {the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT)}, but he gives grace to the lowly.

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Whereas thou have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard. This is the word that LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised thee and laughed thee to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee. Whom have thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom have thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [Even] against the Holy One of Israel.read more.
By thy messengers thou have defied LORD, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. And I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice f I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt. Have thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that thou should be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up. But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou came.

this is the word which LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised thee and laughed thee to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee. Whom have thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom have thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [Even] against the Holy One of Israel. By thy servants thou have defied LORD, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. And I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice firread more.
I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt. Have thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb. As the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up. But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou came.

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us? Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,read more.
[Saying], Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.

Every man has become brutish, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image. For his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they shall perish. The portion of Jacob is not like these. For he is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. LORD of hosts is his name.

Every man has become brutish, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they shall perish. The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the former of all things, and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance. LORD of hosts is his name.

Moreover the word of LORD came to me, saying, And thou, son of man, will thou judge, will thou judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations. And thou shall say, Thus says lord LORD: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and who makes idols against herself to defile her!read more.
Thou have become guilty in thy blood that thou have shed, and are defiled in thine idols which thou have made. And thou have caused thy days to draw near, and have come even to thy years. Therefore I have made thee a reproach to th Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one, full of tumult.

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said, Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Though I were perfect, I do not regard myself. I despise my life. It is all one thing. Therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked. If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.read more.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not [he], who then is it?

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name. He works in the arrogance of pride.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.

He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] himself a bruise.

Scoffers set a city in a flame, but wise men turn away wrath.

A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge? Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you. Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,read more.
but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,

A wise son [hears] his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.

Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and [finds it] not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.

Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Against whom do ye sport yourselves, against whom ye make a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

On the day of our king the rulers made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He stretched out his hand with scoffers.

If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.

He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.

When a scoffer is punished, a simple man is made wise, and when a wise man is instructed, he receives knowledge.

The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong. For I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, LORD of hosts, upon the whole earth.

For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases. And all those who watch for iniquity are cut off,

They shall have this for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of LORD of hosts. LORD will be terrible to them, for he will famish all the gods of the earth. And men shall worship him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the nations.

Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.