Thematic Bible: Scorning and mocking


Thematic Bible




And he brought up against them the king of the Chaldees, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and spared not young man nor maiden, old man nor him of hoary head: he gave them all into his hand.

For the terrible one shall come to nought, and the scorner shall be no more, and all that watch for iniquity shall be cut off,

Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands; give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them; pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.


Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.

Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.



But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying: Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon.


And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was born according to Spirit, so also it is now.


who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

Behold, these say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it then come!


and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!



I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor exulted: I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.



knowing this first, that there shall come at the close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,

that they said to you, that at the end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.


In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.



And the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, return to Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. And be not like your fathers and like your brethren, who transgressed against Jehovah the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see. Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you. read more.
For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him. And the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.


But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.


And the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.


But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.


But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.


In the days of her affliction and of her wanderings, since her people fell into the hand of an adversary, and none did help her, Jerusalem remembereth all her precious things which she had in the days of old: the adversaries have seen her, they mock at her ruin.


Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me. For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.








Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.


But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.


Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes! who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!


knowing this first, that there shall come at the close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep all things remain thus from the beginning of the creation.


And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?


and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment.


Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.


Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large; thou shalt be for a laughing-stock and a derision, for it containeth much.










And the men who held him mocked him, beating him; and covering him up, asked him saying, Prophesy, who is it that struck thee?


And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,


But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot. Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? read more.
Among the smooth stones of the torrent is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be comforted myself as to these things?


Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.


And he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way, there came forth little boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head; go up, bald head!


Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.


and say unto the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:


And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.


knowing this first, that there shall come at the close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,


And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.


And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also with them sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God.






I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.