28 occurrences in 4 translations

'Fun' in the Bible

Nevertheless, when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian whom Hagar had borne to Abraham making fun of Isaac,

she called the household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,

I'll never join their council; I'll never enter their assembly. In their anger they committed murder and lamed cattle just for fun.

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was traveling up the road, some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, "Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!"

This is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

You make us quarrel with our neighbors;our enemies make fun of us.

If they say—“Come with us!Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

There is an outcry in the streets over wine; all cheer turns to gloom; the fun times of the earth are banished.

this is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you -- she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

At whom do you make fun? At whom do you {open} [your] mouth [and] {stick out} [your] tongue? [Are] you not children of transgression, offspring of deception,

I didn't sit in the company of those who have fun, and I didn't rejoice. Because of your hand on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.

The [people] near and the [people] far from you will make fun of you, {the unclean and the terrified}.

They make fun of kings, deriding those who rule. They laugh at all of the fortified places, constructing ramps to seize them.

Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,

And they began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.

and they'll make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him. But after three days he'll be raised."

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!

And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him,

Then the men who were holding Jesus in custody began to make fun of him while they beat him.

Even Herod and his soldiers treated him with contempt and made fun of him. He put a magnificent robe on Jesus and sent him back to Pilate.

The soldiers also made fun of Jesus by coming up and offering him sour wine,

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