'Scoffing' in the Bible

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.

Who is a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

You make us a reproach to our neighbors,A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors,A scoffing and derision to those around us.

Our soul is greatly filledWith the scoffing of those who are at ease,And with the contempt of the proud. Cross references: Psalm 123:1 : Ps 121:1; 141:8 Psalm 123:1 : Ps 2:4; 11:4 Psalm 123:2 : Prov 27:18; Mal 1:6 Psalm 123:2 : Ps 25:15 Psalm 123:3 : Ps 4:1; 51:1 Psalm 123:3 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 2:19; Ps 79:4 Psalm 123:4 : Job 12:5; Is 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 end of crossrefs

"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"

Men of scoffing set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

“Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him,And in mocking derision against himSay, ‘Woe (judgment is coming) to him who increases that which is not his—How long [will he possess it]?And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’

In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save!

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane,

First of all, know [without any doubt] that mockers will come in the last days with their mocking, following after their own human desires