Job 17:2
“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,
And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.
1 Samuel 1:6-7
Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the Lord had
Job 12:4
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
Job 13:9
“Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
Job 16:20
“My friends are scoffers [who ridicule];
My eye pours out tears to God.
Job 21:3
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
Psalm 25:13
His soul will dwell in prosperity and goodness,
And his descendants will inherit the land.
Psalm 35:14-16
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.
Psalm 91:1
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
Matthew 27:39-44
Those who passed by were hurling abuse at Him and jeering at Him, wagging their heads [in scorn and ridicule],
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Provocation
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Mockers
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
“Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
“My friends are scoffers [who ridicule];
My eye pours out tears to God.
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.