'Taunts' in the Bible

Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!

[And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, how we are despised! Return their taunts on their own heads. Give them up as prey in a land of captivity.

So I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunting by the [pagan] nations, our enemies?

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt.

And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfoldThe taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.

Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants, [how] I bear in my bosom [the taunts of] all [the] many peoples,

Then I can answer the one who taunts me,for I trust in Your word.

We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy,so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.

Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,the people in whose heart is My instruction:do not fear disgrace by men,and do not be shattered by their taunts.

Why do you [deliberately] provoke Me to anger with the works (idols) of your hands, burning sacrifices and incense to [make-believe] gods in the land of Egypt, where you [of your own accord] have come to live [as temporary residents], that you might be cut off and become a curse and a disgrace [an object of taunts] among all the nations of the earth?

And I will take the remnant of Judah who have decided to go into the land of Egypt to live there [instead of surrendering to the Chaldeans as directed], and they will all fall and die in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword or perish by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by the sword or by famine; and they will become detestable, an object of horror, a curse, and a disgrace.

We are ashamed, for we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces, for strangers have come to the holy places of the house of Yahweh.

I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunts throughout the day.

(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me.

Then he will turn his attention to the coasts and islands and capture many. But a commander will put an end to his taunting; instead, he will turn his taunts against him.

"I have heard Moab's taunts and the Ammonites' insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah.

This is how the once-proud city will end up -- the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.

and the people stood looking on. The Rulers, too, repeatedly uttered their bitter taunts. "This fellow," they said, "saved others: let him save himself, if he is God's Anointed, the Chosen One."

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.

Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.