6 occurrences

'Derision' in the Bible

You have made us a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.

Verse ConceptsBeing Reproved

We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.

For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfArrogance, Characterizes The WickedThe Proud

For {as often as} I speak, I must cry out violence and destruction. I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me a disgrace and derision all day [long].

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

"How it is filled with terror! [How] they wail! How Moab has turned [his] back! He is disgraced! So Moab has become as a derision, and as a terror for all his surrounding [peoples]."

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

Jerusalem sinned grievously, thus she became an objection of derision; all those who honored her despise her because they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away.

Verse ConceptsNakednessSin, Effects OfTurning RoundLosing HonourGod's People SinningCatastrophic Events

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ἐκμυκτερίζω 
Ekmukterizo 
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