65 Bible Verses about Mockery

What do I have here? Declares Jehovah. For my people have been taken away for nothing. Those who rule them mock, declares Jehovah. And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed.

How long, God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Men younger than I am make fun of me now! Their fathers have always been so worthless that I would not let them help dogs guard sheep.

Mockers surrounded me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

Bear with me, and I will speak. Then after I have spoken, mock on.

Now they make fun of me with songs. I have become a joke to them.

They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us. They laughed at us and said: What are you doing? Will you go against the king?

All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:

Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping. With godless and abusive mockers, they grit their teeth at me.

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

You made us a source of conflict to our neighbors. Our enemies make fun of us.

Jehovah, remember the reproach of your servant. Remember how I have carried in my heart the insults from so many people. Your enemies insulted me. They insulted your anointed every step he took.

The arrogant utterly deride me, yet I do not turn aside from your law.

O Jehovah, You have deceived me. I was deceived! You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

I have become the laughingstock of all the peoples. I am their mocking song all the day.

Others mockingly said: These men are full of new wine.

Some mocked when they heard about the resurrection of the dead. Yet others said: We will hear you again concerning this.

While he was defending himself, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, you are beside yourself. Much learning has made you mad.

When Jesus went to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and talked to them. When we get to Jerusalem, he said, The Son of man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes. They will give orders for him to be put to death. They will turn him over to the heathen to be made sport of and to be whipped. He will be put to death on the stake. The third day he will come back from the dead.

Jesus went to Jerusalem. The disciples followed him. They were amazed at what Jesus did. Others followed and were afraid. He met with the twelve to tell them the things that were to happen to him. When we go to Jerusalem the Son of man will be turned over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the people of the nations. They will mock him, spit on him, and scourge him. Then they will kill him. After three days he will rise again.

He took the twelve to Jerusalem so that the Son of man will accomplish all the things that are written through the prophets: He will be delivered up to the people of the nations, and will be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon. They will beat and kill him. The third day he will rise.

They spat in his face and hit him, saying: Prophesy to us, you Christ; tell us who hit you!

Some spit on him and covering his face they gave him blows. Guess who hit you, they said. The leaders took him and beat him with their hands.

The men that held Jesus mocked him and beat him. They blindfolded him, and asked him, saying: Prophesy: who is it that struck you? They reviled him and spoke many things against him.

And Herod with his soldiers despised him with contempt, and mocked him. They arrayed him in magnificent apparel. Then they sent him back to Pilate.

Then the palace guard took Jesus into the open square and gathered their squad together. They took off his clothes and dressed him in a scarlet robe. They made a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They placed a rod in his right hand. Then they bowed down on their knees before him. They mocked him, saying: Long life to the King of the Jews.read more.
They spat on him and hit him on the head with the rod. After they mocked him, they took off the robe. He was dressed in his garments and he was led away to be impaled.

The soldiers led him away to the court in the Praetorium building (governor's palace). They assembled together all of the troops. They clothed him with purple. After weaving a crown of thorns they put it on him. Hail King of the Jews! They shouted at him.read more.
They struck his head with a reed and spat on him. They bowed their knees in false adoration to him. After they mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to impale him.

In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him. They said: He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: I am the Son of God.read more.
The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.

Likewise, also the chief priests mocked among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others. He cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down from the stake that we may see and believe him. Those who were impaled with him also mocked him.

The people stood watching while the rulers scoffed at him, saying: He saved others let him save himself if this is his chosen, the Christ of God.

The soldiers mocked him and offered him vinegar,

He has no use for conceited people. He shows loving kindness to the humble.

Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'You prayed to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria. I have heard you. This is Jehovah's message to Sennacherib: 'My people, the virgin daughter of Zion, despise you and laugh at you. My people in Jerusalem shake their heads behind your back. Whom are you defying and slandering? Against whom are you shouting? Who are you looking at so arrogantly? It is the Holy One of Israel!read more.
You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests. I will dig wells and drink foreign water. I will dry up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.' Have you not heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble. The inhabitants of these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh green grass on the roofs, scorched before it grows up. I know when you get up and sit down. I know when you go out and come in. I know how you rage against me. Since you rage against me and you boast in my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.

this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee. Who is it you have insulted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? It is against the Holy One of Israel! By your messengers you have heaped insults on Jehovah. You said: With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines. I reach its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.read more.
I dug wells and drank the water there. With the bottom of my feet I dried up all the streams of Egypt. Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it! And now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone. Their people are drained of power. They are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, parched before it grows. I know where you stay and when you come and go and how you rage against me. For the reason that you rage against me and because your insolence (arrogance) has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the way you came.

They said to God: 'Leave us alone.' They asked: 'What can the Almighty do to us?' Yet he filled their houses with good things. Yet the plans of the wicked are repugnant. The righteous see it and are glad and the innocent laugh them to scorn.read more.
They say: 'Our adversaries are cut off and the fire consumed what they left.'

Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work of mockery. In the time of their punishment they will perish. Jacob's share is not like this. For he made everything! Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

All mankind is stupid and devoid of knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work of mockery. In the time of their punishment they will perish. The portion of Jacob is not like these. He is the maker of all and of the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

Jehovah continued to speak his word to me: Son of man will you judge? Will you judge the city of murderers (the bloodguilty)? Then tell it about all the disgusting things that it has done. Tell it: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: Jerusalem, you are the city that murders people who live in you. Your time has come. You dishonor yourself with disgusting idols.read more.
You are guilty because of the blood you have shed (people you have killed). You are unclean (dishonored) because of the disgusting idols you have made. You have brought an end to your days, and you have come to the end of your years. That is why I will make you a disgrace to the nations and a joke in every land. Those near and those far away will mock you. Your name will be dishonored, and you will be filled with confusion.

ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE REPLIED: Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated? Should your idle talk reduce men to silence? Should no one rebuke you when you mock?

I am blameless! Yet I do not know myself. And I despise my life. It is all one thing. Therefore I say: God destroys the blameless and the wicked. If the scourge slays suddenly, God laughs at the plight of the innocent.read more.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not God, who else could it be?

Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Proud and haughty mocker is his name. He acts with overbearing pride.

Throw out the scoffer and contention will go away, yes, strife and reproach will cease.

Correct a scoffer and get dishonor for yourself. Rebuke a wicked man and receive insults.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare. Wise men turn away anger.

A scoffer hates the one who reproves him. He will not go to the wise.

How long, you simple (stupid) (foolish) ones, will you love simplicity (foolishness) (stupidity)? The scoffers delight in scoffing. Fools hate knowledge! Listen when I reprove you. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you. I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me.read more.
You have ignored all my counsel. You accept no correction. I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes.

A wise son heeds his father's instruction (discipline). A scoffer does not listen to discipline (reproof).

Strike a scoffer and the simple will be wary. Reprove someone who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it. Knowledge is easy to him who discerns.

Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is good will.

The thought of foolishness is sin. The mocker is an abomination to men.

With whom are you effeminate (self-indulgent)? With whom do you open wide your mouth and offer your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood and deceit?

On the day of the king's celebration, the officials become drunk from the heat of wine, and the king joins mockers.

When you are wise you are wise for yourself. When you scoff you bear it alone.

When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker. He who is glad at calamity will be punished.

An ungodly witness scorns judgment. The mouth of the wicked devours evil. Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the back of fools.

When the scoffer is punished the simple (naive) is made wise. When the wise is instructed he gains knowledge.

The eye that mocks his father, and rejects obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

Do not be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong. For I have heard from the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts that destruction is determined (decreed) upon the whole earth.

All who are cruel and arrogant will be extinguished. Those who live by crime will be removed.

They will have this instead of their pride. This is because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of Hosts. Jehovah will fill them with fear for he will starve (emaciate) all the gods of the earth! Men will worship him, each one from his place, even the coastlands of the nations.

Do not be deceived. God is not mocked! A man will harvest what he sows.