Thematic Bible: Saints endure, on account of


Thematic Bible



But Sarah saw the son mocking—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham. Verse ConceptsConcubinesAbraham, Testing And VictorySeeing PeopleSportsFunsarahmistress

But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now. Verse ConceptsConcubinesPersecution, Nature OfLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A BabyPersecutionSatanic Hatred

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all the time; everyone ridicules me. For whenever I speak, I cry out- I proclaim: Violence and destruction! because the word of the Lord has become for me constant disgrace and derision.

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, “What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” Verse ConceptsContempt, Examples OfLaughterMockeryRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRidicule, Nature OfSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCharacter Of Wicked

and others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment. Verse ConceptsFloggingChainsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRidicule, Objects OfIron ChainsBeating Believerstrails

I am a laughingstock to my friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

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