Thematic Bible: Scorn
Thematic Bible
Justice » The wicked » Scorn
Scorn » Scorners
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.
A wise son [hears] his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.
Therefore hear the word of LORD, ye scoffers, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem. Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we are at agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through it shall not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hid ourselves unde
The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and [finds it] not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
The curse of LORD is in the house of a wicked man, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. Surely {the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT)}, but he gives grace to the lowly.
A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise.
Scorn » Those that reprove a scorner
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] himself a bruise. Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. read more.
The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise.
Scorn » The time when a scorner is punished
When a scoffer is punished, a simple man is made wise, and when a wise man is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
Scorn » Who the lord scorns
The curse of LORD is in the house of a wicked man, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. Surely {the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT)}, but he gives grace to the lowly.
Scorn » The reward for casting out the scorner
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Scorn » Those that do not sit in the seat of the scornful
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.