Thematic Bible: Saints endure, on account of
Thematic Bible
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Being children of God
Now [as time went on] Sarah saw [Ishmael] the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [Isaac].
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But as at that time the child [of ordinary birth] born according to the flesh persecuted the son who was born according to [the promise and working of] the Spirit, so it is now also.
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Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faithfulness in declaring the word of God
[But Jeremiah said] O Lord, You have persuaded and deceived me, and I was persuaded and deceived; You are stronger than I am and You have prevailed. I am a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. For whenever I speak, I must cry out and complain; I shout, Violence and destruction! For the word of the Lord has become to me a reproach and a derision and has brought me insult all day long.
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their zeal for God's house
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and regarded us with contempt and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
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Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faith
and others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging [amid torture], and even chains and imprisonment.
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Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their uprightness
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].