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 your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?

They have gaped on me with their mouth; and have scornfully beaten me on the cheek; they gather themselves against me.

Are not mockeries with me? Yea, my eye rests on their insults.

Rise with me and I shall speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

But now those younger laugh at me, whose fathers I would have refused to set with the dogs of my flock.

All who see Me mock me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying,

with the hypocrites, mockers, for a cake, they gnashed on me with their teeth.

And plaiting a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings; yes, more, of bonds and imprisonments.

Calleth

My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God.

He shall call on Me, and I will answer Him; I will be with Him in trouble; I will deliver Him, and honor Him.

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and inscrutable things which you do not know.

Therefore I will look to Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!

The just

He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

And they laughed at Him. But when He had put them all out, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those with Him, and went in where the child was lying.

And being money-lovers, all the Pharisees also heard all these things. And they derided Him.

And hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked; and others said, We will hear you again concerning this.