Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Scorn
General references
Bible References
Makest
Psalm 79:4
We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
Psalm 80:6
You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalm 89:51
with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
Ezekiel 36:19
I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.
Scorn
Psalm 123:3
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
Jeremiah 48:27
Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?
General references
Psalm 89:50
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
Lamentations 3:14
I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.