85 verses contain “scorn” (in the KJV: 53, in the BSB: 41) — showing 1–85
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You will become an object of
horror,
scorn, and
ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
But
Jeshurun waxed fat, and
kicked: thou art
waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he
forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have
hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a
proverb and a
byword among all people:
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will
banish from My presence this temple I have
sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of
scorn and
ridicule among all peoples.
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of
Zion hath
despised thee, and
laughed thee to
scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath
shaken her head at thee.
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of
Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Then will I
pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have
sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a
proverb and a
byword among all nations.
then I will
uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will
banish from My presence this temple I have
sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of
scorn and
ridicule among all the peoples.
So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and
Manasseh even unto
Zebulun: but they
laughed them to
scorn, and
mocked them.
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.
But when
Sanballat the Horonite, and
Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they
laughed us to
scorn, and
despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye
rebel against the king?
But when
Sanballat the Horonite,
Tobiah the
Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they
mocked us and
ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Hear, O our God; for we are
despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Hear us, O God, for we are
despised. Turn their
scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as
plunder to a land of captivity.
And he thought
scorn to lay hands on
Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of
Mordecai: wherefore
Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai.
And when he learned the identity of
Mordecai’s people, he
scorned the notion of laying hands on
Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of
Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of
Xerxes.
I am as one
mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is
laughed to
scorn.
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp
despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
The one at ease
scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are
slipping.
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Yea, young children
despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Even little boys
scorn me; when I appear, they
deride me.
The righteous see it, and are
glad: and the innocent
laugh them to
scorn.
The righteous see it and are
glad; the innocent
mock them:
What man is like Job, who drinketh up
scorning like water?
What man is like Job, who drinks up
derision like water?
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
He
scorns the
tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
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.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
who has no
slander on his tongue, who does no
harm to his
neighbor, who casts no
scorn on his friend,
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.
All they that see me
laugh me to
scorn: they shoot out the
lip, they
shake the head saying,
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a
scorn and a
derision to them that are round about us.
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a
mockery and
derision to those around us.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and
avenger.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
For I have
endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are
adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my
hurt.
May the accusers of my soul be
ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my
harm be covered with
scorn and disgrace.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a
scorn and
derision to them that are round about us.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a
scorn and
derision to those around us.
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
I am an object of
scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they
shake their heads.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy
testimonies.
Remove my
scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your
testimonies.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the
scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
We have
endured much
scorn from the
arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the
scorners delight in their
scorning, and fools
hate knowledge?
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their
scorn and fools
hate knowledge?
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
He that reproveth a
scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a
blot.
He who corrects a
mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for
thyself: but if thou
scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you
scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a
scorner heareth not
rebuke.
A
scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
A
mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the
discerning.
A
scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
A
mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he
consult the wise.
Smite a
scorner, and the simple will
beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth
swallows iniquity.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
When the
scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is
instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When a
mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is
instructed, he acquires knowledge.
Mocker is the name of the proud and
arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
Drive out the
mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
Scornful men bring a city into a
snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall
pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
As for the eye that mocks a father and
scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley
pluck it out and young vultures
devour it.
Many waters cannot
quench love, neither can the floods
drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be
contemned.
Mighty waters cannot
quench love; rivers cannot
sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly
scorned.
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye
scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
For the terrible one is brought to
nought, and the
scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
For the
ruthless will
vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of
Zion, hath
despised thee, and
laughed thee to
scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath
shaken her head at thee.
this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of
Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that
plucked off the hair: I
hid not my face from shame and
spitting.
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who
tore out My
beard. I did not hide My face from
scorn and
spittle.
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the
scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
Your
iniquities, and the
iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and
blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their
bosom.
both for your
iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and
scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
They have made their land a
desolation, a perpetual object of
scorn; all who pass by will be
appalled and
shake their heads.
And I will make this city
desolate, and an
hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be
astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
I will make this city a
desolation and an object of
scorn. All who pass by will be
appalled and will
scoff at all her wounds.
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their
hurt, to be a reproach and a
proverb, a
taunt and a
curse, in all places
whither I shall drive them.
I will make them a
horror and an
offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of
scorn,
ridicule, and
cursing wherever I have banished them.
And I will
persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the
pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
curse, and an
astonishment, and an
hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations
whither I have driven them:
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a
horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a
curse, a
desolation, and an object of
scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I
banish them.
Babylon will become a
heap of
rubble, a
haunt for jackals, an object of
horror and
scorn, without inhabitant.
Jerusalem hath
grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her
despise her, because they have seen her nakedness:
yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Jerusalem has
sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of
scorn. All who honored her now
despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
All that pass by
clap their hands at thee; they hiss and
wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
All who pass by
clap their hands at you in
scorn. They hiss and
shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an
harlot, in that thou
scornest hire;
But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a
prostitute, because you
scorned payment.
For thy sister
Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
Did you not treat your sister
Sodom as an object of
scorn in the day of your pride,
Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which
despise thee round about.
before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now
scorned by the daughters of
Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who
despise you.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be
laughed to
scorn and had in
derision; it containeth much.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring
scorn and
derision, for it holds so much.
And I will raise up for them a plant of
renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
And I will raise up for them a garden of
renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the
scorn of the nations.
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who
mock him.
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD,
weep between the
porch and the altar, and let them say,
Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine
heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Let the priests who minister before the LORD
weep between the
portico and the altar, saying, “
Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your
heritage a reproach, an object of
scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of
Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a
desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an
hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of
Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a
desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the
scorn of the nations.”
And they shall
scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a
scorn unto them: they shall
deride every strong hold; for they shall
heap dust, and take it.
They
scoff at kings and make rulers an object of
scorn. They
laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
He said unto them, Give place: for the
maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they
laughed him to
scorn.
“Go away,” He told them. “The
girl is not dead, but
asleep.” And they
laughed at Him.
And they
laughed him to
scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the
damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the
damsel was lying.
And they
laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
And they
laughed him to
scorn, knowing that she was dead.
And they
laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him
endured the cross,
scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heal the broken and the weak,
laugh not a
lame man to
scorn, defend the
maimed, and let the blind man come into the sight of my clearness.
For when they had taken liberty, they
despised the most High, thought
scorn of his law, and
forsook his ways.
For, lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we draw her not unto us, she will
laugh us to
scorn.
For whom they respected with
scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they
admired.
A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him to be
laughed to
scorn of his enemies.
Laugh no man to
scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry twice or
thrice, and at the last he will
laugh thee to
scorn afterward, when he
seeth thee, he will
forsake thee, and
shake his head at thee.
How
oft, and of how many shall he be
laughed to
scorn! for he knoweth not
aright what it is to have; and it is all one unto him as if he had it not.
And of
theft in regard of the place where thou sojournest, and in regard of the truth of God and his covenant; and to
lean with thine
elbow upon the meat; and of
scorning to give and take;
Thou alone liftest up
thyself against us, and I am
laughed to
scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why
dost thou
vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?
But she bowing herself toward him,
laughing the cruel
tyrant to
scorn, spake in her country language on this manner; O my son, have
pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my
womb, and gave thee such three years, and
nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and
endured the troubles of education.
