Job 12:4

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Summary

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

One mocked

Calleth

The just

Bible References

One mocked

Should thy lies make men be silent? Shalt thou mock, and shall no man make thee ashamed?

They have opened their mouth against me; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Now there are only mockers with me, upon whose bitterness my eye continues to gaze.

Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

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

All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

With immature hypocritical mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, Receive joy, King of the Jews!

and others experienced cruel mockings and scourgings, and added to this, bonds and imprisonment;

Calleth

Those who dispute with me are my friends, but my eyes shall pour out tears unto God.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and glorify him.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee and show thee great and difficult things, which thou dost not know.

Therefore I will wait for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my saving health; my God will hear me.

The just

He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and the mother of the damsel and those that were with him and entered in where the damsel was lying.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.