7 Bible Verses about Mocking

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Genesis 4:9

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”

2 Kings 2:23

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!”

John 19:3

And they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and were slapping His face.

Mark 15:29

Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The One who would demolish the sanctuary and build it in three days,

Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily?”

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Mocking » Of Christ » Of good men

2 Kings 2:23

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!”

Acts 17:32

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

Mocking » The persecutors of jesus mock him

Luke 23:11

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

Mark 14:65

Then some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, saying, “Prophesy!” The temple police also took Him and slapped Him.

1 Peter 2:23

when He was reviled,
He did not revile in return;
when He was suffering,
He did not threaten
but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

John 19:5

Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

Matthew 27:28-31

They stripped Him and dressed Him in a scarlet robe. They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a reed in His right hand. And they knelt down before Him and mocked Him: "Hail, King of the Jews!" Then they spit at Him, took the reed, and kept hitting Him on the head. read more.
When they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

Mocking » Of Christ » Of Christ

Luke 23:11

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

Luke 22:63

The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating Him.

Matthew 27:29

They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a reed in His right hand. And they knelt down before Him and mocked Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:41

In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also mocked Him. They came offering Him sour wine

Mocking » General references to

Isaiah 57:4

Who is it you are mocking?
Who is it you are opening your mouth
and sticking out your tongue at?
Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,
you race of liars,

Jude 1:18

they told you, “In the end time there will be scoffers walking according to their own ungodly desires.”

Mocking » The hardened wicked people mock

Isaiah 28:15

For you said, “We have cut a deal with Death,
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”

2 Peter 3:3

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

Isaiah 28:22

So now, do not mock,
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts
a decree of destruction for the whole land.

Mocking » The tormentors of job mock

Job 30:1

But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.

Job 15:12

Why has your heart misled you,
and why do your eyes flash

Mocking » Zedekiah » Mocks » Micaiah

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?”

Mocking » Elijah mocks the priests of baal

1 Kings 18:27

At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, “Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!”

Mocking » The ammonites mock God

Ezekiel 25:3

Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Lord God: This is what the Lord God says: Because you said, ‘Good!’ about My sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile,

Mocking » Some boys mock elisha

2 Kings 2:23

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!”

Mocking » Tyre mocks jerusalem

Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, because Tyre said about Jerusalem, ‘Good! The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’

Mocking » Ishmael mocks sarah

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw the son mocking—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.

Mocking » Figurative

The Resurrection » The preaching of, caused » Mocking

Acts 17:32

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”

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God Mocking

Psalm 2:4

The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.

Mocking Christ

Matthew 9:24

“Leave,” He said, “because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they started laughing at Him.

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