Lamentations 3:14


I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,
And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.

Jeremiah 20:7


[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.

Lamentations 3:63


Look at their sitting and their rising [their actions and secret counsels];
I am their mocking song [the subject of their ridicule].

Psalm 22:6-7


But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.

Nehemiah 4:2-4

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the heaps of dust and rubbish, even the ones that have been burned?”

Job 30:1-9

“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.

Psalm 35:15-16


But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.

Psalm 44:13


You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

Psalm 69:11-12


When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.

Psalm 79:4


We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.

Psalm 123:3-4


Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.

Psalm 137:3


For there they who took us captive demanded of us a song with words,
And our tormentors [who made a mockery of us demanded] amusement, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

Jeremiah 48:27

For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.

Matthew 27:39-44

Those who passed by were hurling abuse at Him and jeering at Him, wagging their heads [in scorn and ridicule],

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.

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Lamentations 3:63

Look at their sitting and their rising [their actions and secret counsels];
I am their mocking song [the subject of their ridicule].
Nehemiah 4:2
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the heaps of dust and rubbish, even the ones that have been burned?”
Job 30:1
“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
Psalm 22:6

But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.
Psalm 35:15

But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
Psalm 44:13

You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
Psalm 69:11

When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.
Psalm 79:4

We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.
Psalm 123:3

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.
Psalm 137:3

For there they who took us captive demanded of us a song with words,
And our tormentors [who made a mockery of us demanded] amusement, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
Jeremiah 20:7

[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.
Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.
Matthew 27:39
Those who passed by were hurling abuse at Him and jeering at Him, wagging their heads [in scorn and ridicule],
1 Corinthians 4:9
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.