2 Kings 2:23

Elisha Begins His Ministry

²² Therefore, the water remains healthy to this very day according to the word that Elisha spoke. ²³ From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!” ²⁴ He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the children.

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2 Chronicles 36:16

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

Job 30:1

But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.

Job 19:18

Even young boys scorn me.
When I stand up, they mock me.

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw the son mocking—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.

1 Kings 12:28-32

So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”

2 Kings 2:11

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.

Job 30:8-31

Foolish men, without even a name.
They were forced to leave the land.

Psalm 31:18

Let lying lips be quieted;
they speak arrogantly against the righteous
with pride and contempt.

Psalm 35:15

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

Proverbs 20:11

Even a young man is known by his actions—
if his behavior is pure and upright.

Proverbs 22:6

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove sorrow from your heart,
and put away pain from your flesh,
because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Isaiah 1:4

Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.

Isaiah 3:5

The people will oppress one another,
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the worthless toward the honorable.

Isaiah 57:3-4

But come here,
you sons of a sorceress,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

Jeremiah 7:18

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke Me to anger.

Hosea 4:15

Israel, if you act promiscuously,
don’t let Judah become guilty!
Do not go to Gilgal
or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,
and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!

Hosea 10:5

The residents of Samaria will have anxiety
over the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.

Hosea 10:15

So it will be done to you, Bethel,
because of your extreme evil.
At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.

Amos 3:14

I will punish the altars of Bethel
on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;
the horns of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

Come to Bethel and rebel;
rebel even more at Gilgal!
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tenths every three days.

Amos 5:5

Do not seek Bethel
or go to Gilgal
or journey to Beer-sheba,
for Gilgal will certainly go into exile,
and Bethel will come to nothing.

Amos 7:13

but don’t ever prophesy at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”

Matthew 27:29-31

They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a reed in His right hand. And they knelt down before Him and mocked Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:40-43

and saying, “The One who would demolish the sanctuary 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 then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.

Hebrews 11:36

and others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment.