Dictionary of Bible Themes Treating individuals, people, ideas or values with contempt or ridicule. Scripture indicates that God's word and his people can expect to be treated with contempt by the world. Jeremiah 19:8Objects of scoffing See also Nations punished by God 1 Kings 9:6-9Jeremiah 49:17; 50:13 Lamentations 2:15-17 Zephaniah 2:13-15 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 God's messengers 2 Peter 3:3-4Reasons for scoffing See also Unbelief Acts 13:41Habakkuk 1:5 Jude 1:17-19 Habakkuk 1:10 See also Arrogance Psalms 73:3-8Isaiah 28:14-15 Proverbs 29:9 Lack of wisdom Psalms 59:5-8God scoffs at the nations See also Psalms 2:1-6See also 5819 cowardice5894 intelligence 5901 loneliness 5952 sorrow 8783 neglect 8794 persecution 8819 scoffing |
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