Scripture declares that ridicule of the weak, the poor and the godly is unacceptable. Those who ridicule them invite judgment upon themselves.

Proverbs 11:12

Warnings against ridicule

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Ridicule is foolish

Proverbs 1:20-22; 14:6,9
Proverbs 9:12

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Ridicule creates trouble

Proverbs 19:29; 22:10; 29:8; 30:17
Matthew 5:22
2 Peter 3:3-4

"Raca" probably means "empty-head", a term of derision.

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Ridicule is a sign of the last days

Jude 1:18
Judges 9:28-29,38

Examples of ridicule

1 Samuel 17:41-44
1 Kings 22:24
2 Kings 2:23-24; 18:23-25
Nehemiah 2:19; 4:1-3
Isaiah 14:3-4

Ridicule associated with divine punishment

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Isaiah 37:22-23
Jeremiah 49:17; 50:13
Ezekiel 36:1-7
Habakkuk 2:6
Zephaniah 2:15
Micah 2:3-4

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Deuteronomy 28:37
1 Kings 9:6-9
Jeremiah 19:8; 24:9
Ezekiel 5:14-15; 23:32; 22:3-5

pp 2Ch 7:19-22

Hosea 7:16
Micah 6:16
1 Kings 18:27

Prophets ridicule idolatry

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Isaiah 41:7,21-24; 44:12-17; 46:1-2
Jeremiah 10:3-5

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5485 punishment, legal aspects
5551 spinning & weaving
5818 contempt
5881 immaturity
5894 intelligence
5901 loneliness
5951 slander
8366 wisdom, source of
8472 respect for environment
8763 forgetting
8770 idolatry, in NT
8794 persecution