Psalm 44:14

You made our defeat a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.

2 Kings 19:21

This is Jehovah's message to Sennacherib: 'My people, the virgin daughter of Zion, despise you and laugh at you. My people in Jerusalem shake their heads behind your back.

Job 16:4

I too could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could compose words against you. And I would shake my head at you.

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become a thing of revulsion. All the nations where Jehovah will send you will make an example of you and laugh at you.

1 Kings 9:7

I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 7:20

I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.

Job 17:6

Now he has made me a laughingstock for many people. Now they spit in my face.

Psalm 22:7

All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:

Psalm 109:25

I have become the victim of my enemies' insults. They look at me and shake their heads.

Isaiah 37:22

this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

Lamentations 2:15-17

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you. They make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. They say: Is this the town that was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

General references

Bible References

By-word

Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become a thing of revulsion. All the nations where Jehovah will send you will make an example of you and laugh at you.
1 Kings 9:7
I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
2 Chronicles 7:20
I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.

Shaking

Psalm 22:7
All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:
2 Kings 19:21
This is Jehovah's message to Sennacherib: 'My people, the virgin daughter of Zion, despise you and laugh at you. My people in Jerusalem shake their heads behind your back.
Job 16:4
I too could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could compose words against you. And I would shake my head at you.
Isaiah 37:22
this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.
Lamentations 2:15
All who go by make a noise with their hands at you. They make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. They say: Is this the town that was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

General references

Psalm 89:50
Jehovah, remember the reproach of your servant. Remember how I have carried in my heart the insults from so many people.