Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Provocation
Bible References
Mockers
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].
“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?
“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.
“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].
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
Psalm 35:14
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.
Matthew 27:39
Those who passed by were hurling abuse at Him and jeering at Him, wagging their heads [in scorn and ridicule],
Provocation
1 Samuel 1:6
Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the Lord had left her childless.