Mocking

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood,

A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person. — read the full passage →

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

They said to you that “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

The proud and haughty man, “scoffer” is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. — read the full passage →

Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”

Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,

and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. — read the full passage →

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, — read the full passage →

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches. — read the full passage →

I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — read the full passage →

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, — read the full passage →

The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocks me.

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is no one who does good. — read the full passage →

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”

The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. — read the full passage →

Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people. — read the full passage →

let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is no one who does good.

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. — read the full passage →

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

and tell the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:

I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

Behold, they tell me, Where is Yahweh’s word? let it come now.

All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!” — read the full passage →

Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.” — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him. — read the full passage →

They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him, — read the full passage →

The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken: the gate of the peoples; she is turned to me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste:

Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocks me. — read the full passage →

I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is no one who does good. — read the full passage →

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

Yahweh said to Moses, “Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether. — read the full passage →

“As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →