2 Kings 2:23

Elisha Begins His Ministry

²² So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke. 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!” ²⁴ And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

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2 Chronicles 36:16

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

Job 30:1

"But now they laugh at me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 19:18

Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me.

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.

1 Kings 12:28-32

So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

2 Kings 2:11

And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Job 30:8-31

A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Psalm 35:15

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable.

Isaiah 57:3-4

But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, "As the LORD lives."

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests-- those who rejoiced over it and over its glory-- for it has departed from them.

Hosea 10:15

Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great evil. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.

Amos 3:14

"that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

"Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days;

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing."

Amos 7:13

but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

Matthew 27:29-31

and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

Matthew 27:40-43

and saying, "You 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 he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

Hebrews 11:36

Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.