Dictionary of Bible Themes A form of ridicule directed especially against individuals, with the purpose of humiliating them. Scripture condemns mockers as arrogant, unrighteous and foolish. Isaiah 52:5Targets of mockery See also God Psalms 74:10,18,22Job 30:1 See also Job Job 17:2; 21:3; 30:92 Chronicles 36:16 See also God's servants Nehemiah 2:19Psalms 22:7; 35:15-16; 69:12; 80:6; 89:50-51; 119:51 Jeremiah 20:7 Lamentations 3:14,63 Acts 2:13; 17:32; 26:24 Christians mocked: Matthew 20:17-19Jesus Christ See also pp Mk 10:32-34 Matthew 26:67-68pp Lk 18:31-33 Luke 23:11pp Mk 14:65 Matthew 27:27-31pp Lk 22:63-65 Matthew 27:41-44pp Mk 15:16-20 Luke 23:36pp Mk 15:31-32 pp Lk 23:35 Proverbs 3:34Those who oppose God will become objects of mockery See also 2 Kings 19:20-28Job 22:17-20 Jeremiah 10:14-16 pp Isa 37:22-29 Ezekiel 22:1-5pp Jer 51:17-19 Job 11:1-3False accusations of mockery See also Job 9:21-24Job accuses God of mocking the plight of innocent sufferers. Proverbs 20:1Mockery in metaphorical use Proverbs 21:24Characteristics of mockers See also They are proud and arrogant Proverbs 3:34Proverbs 22:10 See also They instigate strife Proverbs 9:7; 29:8Proverbs 15:12 See also They do not respond to correction Proverbs 1:22-26; 13:1; 19:25Psalms 1:1 Scripture condemns mockers as unrighteous See also Proverbs 14:6Proverbs 14:9; 24:9 Isaiah 57:4 Resistance to correction accounts for the failure to find wisdom Hosea 7:5Proverbs 1:22-26 Mockers will be punished See also Proverbs 9:12; 17:5; 19:28-29; 21:11; 30:17Isaiah 28:22; 29:20 Zephaniah 2:10-11 Galatians 6:7 See also 2530 Christ, death of5818 contempt 5827 curse 5880 humour 5894 intelligence 8365 wisdom, human 8728 enemies of Israel & Judah 8763 forgetting 8802 pride 8819 scoffing 8819 scoffing |
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