Scoffing

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning2 Chronicles 30:6–102 Chronicles 36:16Job 21:14Job 21:15Job 34:7Psalms 1:1Psalms 42:3Psalms 42:10Psalms 73:11Psalms 78:19Psalms 78:20Psalms 107:11Psalms 107:12Proverbs 1:22Proverbs 1:25Proverbs 3:34Proverbs 9:12Proverbs 13:1Proverbs 14:6Proverbs 14:9
• See Hatred
• See Malice
• See Unbelief
• INSTANCES OF
• IshmaelGenesis 21:9
• Youths at Beth-el2 Kings 2:23
• Ephraim and Manasseh2 Chronicles 30:10
• Chiefs of Judah2 Chronicles 36:16
• SanballatNehemiah 4:1
• Enemies of JOBJob 30:1Job 30:9
• Enemies of DavidPsalms 35:15Psalms 35:16

The passages, in Bible order (74)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 21:9

   But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:92 voices

   “(Chapter 21, Verse 9) And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she bore to Abraham, playing. What follows, with his son Isaac, is not present in the Hebrew. Therefore, this is interpreted in two ways by the Hebrews: either that she made idols out of play, according to what is written elsewhere: The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play (Exodus 32:6); or that she claimed the rights of the firstborn against Isaac, as if he were older, through play and jest.

   “And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,.... That is, Ishmael, who is not expressed by name, but described by being a son of Hagar, a servant of Sarah's, and an Egyptian woman; all which seems to be observed by way of slight, both to Hagar and her son: which she had born unto Abraham; not unto Sarah, as she proposed to herself, when she gave her maid to Abraham, Gen 16:

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2. 2 Kings 2:23

   From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 2:232 voices

   “Now according to the letter, dearly beloved, we are to believe, as we mentioned above, that blessed Elisha was aroused with God's zeal to correct the people, rather than moved by unwholesome anger, when he permitted the Jewish children to be torn to pieces. His …

   "He went up from there to Bethel; and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, "Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!" After Elisha had settled the matters concerning his disciples in …

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3. 2 Chronicles 30:6–10

   So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

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   “So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah,....

   “So the posts went - רצים ratsim, the runners or couriers; persons who were usually employed to carry messages; men who were light of foot, and confidential.

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4. 2 Chronicles 30:10

   And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.

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   “So the posts passed from city to city, through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun,....

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5. 2 Chronicles 36:16

   But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

   ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 36:161 voice

   “But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words,.... Which was the treatment Jeremiah and Ezekiel frequently met with: and misused his prophets; imprisoned them, as Micaiah and Jeremiah were: until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people; which burned like fire in his breast, and broke out to the consumption of them: till there was no remedy; or healing of them; there was no reclaiming or recovering of them, no bringing them to repentance, and no pardon for them.

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6. Nehemiah 4:1

   Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

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   “Now it came to pass, when Sanballat heard, etc. Clearly, this is the anger of the heretics, these are their words, who vainly call themselves Samaritans, that is, guardians of God's law, when they are in fact greatly opposed to God and His laws, as …

   “But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall,.... Or were building it; for as yet it was not finished, see Neh 4:6, he was wroth, and took great indignation; inwardly, though outwardly he pretended to treat the work with contempt, as if it never would be accomplished, which yet he feared: and mocked the Jews; as a set of foolish builders, and unable to finish what they had begun.

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7. Job 21:14

   Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

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   “Ver. 14. Who say unto God, Depart from us. 50. To say this in words even foolish men have not the boldness, yet all wicked persons say to God, not by their words but by their ways, Depart from us. For they that do those things which Almighty God forbids, what else are they doing but shutting up their soul against the Almighty. For just as to think of His precepts, is to introduce Him into one's self, so to resist His commandments is to keep Him away from the dwelling-place of the heart.

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8. Job 21:15

   Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

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   “Ver. 15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? 52. For the mind of man being miserably discharged without, is so dissipated in things corporeal, as neither to return to itself within, nor to be able to think of Him, Who is invisible. Thus carnal men setting at nought spiritual commands, because they do not see God with bodily sight, one time or another come to this pass, that they even imagine Him not to be. Hence it is written, The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

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9. Job 30:1

   “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

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   “But now they that are younger than I have me in derision. Whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. All heretics when compared to the age of the Church Universal are fitly called 'younger' in time, because they went forth out of her, not she out of them. Whence it is rightly also said by John; They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us.

   “But now they that are younger than I have me in derision,....

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10. Job 30:9

    And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

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    “And now am I their song, yea, I am become their byword. By which same words that time of Holy Church is set forth, when she is openly derided by the lost; when the wicked gaining ground, faith shall be for a reproach, and truth shall be for a ground of accusation. For so much the more contemptible shall each individual be in proportion as he may be more righteous; and the worse object of abhorrence, the more worthy object of praise.

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11. Job 34:7

    What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

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    “Calmness is a thing which, of all other things, is most to be prized. As an example of this, the word proposes to us the blessed Job. For it is said of him, "What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?" For truly enviable, and, in my judgment, worthy of all admiration, a man is, if he has attained to such a degree of long-suffering as to be able with ease to grapple with the pain, truly keen, and not easily conquered by everybody, which arises from being wronged.

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12. Psalms 1:1

    Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

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    “The Psalter is like a great house, which has one outer key on the door, but within, in its various chambers, has its own keys. Although the one broader key of the great door is the Holy Spirit, nevertheless each single chamber has its own little keys. If, then, someone were to throw the keys of the house down in confusion, and wanted to open a chamber, he cannot unless he finds the key: so the individual psalms are like individual little cells, each having its own keys.

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13. Psalms 35:15

    But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

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    “And regarding this he does two things. First, he sets forth their malice; second, his patience, at "and I was unaware." Regarding the first, he does three things. For he sets forth three things that were present in the Passion of Christ. First is set …

    “But in mine adversity they rejoiced,....

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14. Psalms 35:16

    Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 35:161 voice

    "They were scattered and were not repentant." He shows that they were not recalled or changed to good by the second remedy, which is the divine scourge; and regarding this he does three things. First, he shows the evil they suffered; second, the lack of …

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15. Psalms 42:3

    My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

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    “There is a weeping that springs from contemplating eternal good and longing for future light, and tears of joy and desire cannot help but break out as the soul is athirst for the mighty living God.

    “My tears have been my meat day and night,....

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16. Psalms 42:10

    Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

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    “The cause of the sorrow or its effect is "while my bones are broken." The bones of the Church are the strong ones, such as prelates and perfect men. And sometimes through temporal adversaries, sometimes through temptations, they are afflicted. Ps. 22: "They have numbered …

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