15 occurrences

'Derision' in the Bible

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.

Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

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.

Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.

Verse ConceptsContemptLaughterDerisionGod MockingGod LaughingSmiling

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

Verse ConceptsBeing Reproved

But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

Verse ConceptsLaughterRidicule, Objects OfSuffering, Of The InnocentGod MockingGod Laughing

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.

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.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleCruelty, examples ofMockeryPainRidicule, Objects OfDerisionAmbivalenceGod DeceivingDeception

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.

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordRejecting God's Wordjoking

Make him drunken, for he magnified himself against Jehovah; and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Verse ConceptsdefianceVomittingGod Making Drunk

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?

Verse Conceptsthieves

They howl, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! And Moab shall be a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

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.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfDeep Things

therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and a derision to the remnant of the nations that are round about,

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyCities Under AttackAbandoning ThingsThe Mountains Of Israel

They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFaultsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfRidicule, Nature OfAccuracyKilled With The Sword

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ἐκμυκτερίζω 
Ekmukterizo 
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