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

Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Calleth

My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'

But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament.

The just

The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

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.

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We will hear you again about this."