Job 17:6


“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,
And I have become one in whose face people spit.

Job 30:9


“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting;
Yes, I am a byword and a laughingstock to them.

Psalm 44:14


You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the people.

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.

Isaiah 5:12


They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Bible References

A by-word

Job 30:9

“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting;
Yes, I am a byword and a laughingstock to them.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.
Psalm 44:14

You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the people.

As a tabret

Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?
Isaiah 5:12

They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.