Thematic Bible: Saints endure, on account of
Thematic Bible
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Being children of God
Nevertheless, when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian whom Hagar had borne to Abraham making fun of Isaac,
But just as then the son who was conceived according to the flesh persecuted the son who was conceived according to the Spirit, so it is now.
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faithfulness in declaring the word of God
You deceived me, LORD, and I've been deceived. You overpowered me, and you prevailed. I've become a laughing stock all day long, and everyone mocks me. Indeed, as often as I speak, I cry out, and shout, "Violence and destruction!" For this message from the LORD has caused me constant reproach and derision.
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their zeal for God's house
But when Sanballat the Horonite, his servant Tobiah the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they jeered at us and despised us when they said, "What is this thing that you're doing? You're rebelling against the king, aren't you?"
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faith
Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their uprightness
"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock.