Scoffing

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

• 2 Chronicles 30:6–10 At the command of the king, 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 kin…
• 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.
• Job 21:14–15 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
• Job 34:7 What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
• Psalm 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.
• Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalm 42:10 Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalm 73:11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
• Psalm 78:19–20 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
• Psalm 107:11–12 because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

See Hatred

See Malice

See Unbelief

Instances of

Ishmael

• Genesis 21:9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

Youths at Beth-el

• 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!”

Ephraim and Manasseh

• 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.

Chiefs of Judah

• 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.

Sanballat

• Nehemiah 4:1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

Enemies of JOB

• Job 30:1 “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
• Job 30:9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Enemies of David

• Psalm 35:15–16 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Rulers of Israel

• Isaiah 28:14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Ammonites

• Ezekiel 25:3 Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,

Tyrians

• Ezekiel 26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’

The heathen

• Ezekiel 36:2–3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’ therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of t…

Soldiers

• Matthew 27:28–30 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repea…
• Luke 23:36 The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

Chief priests

• Matthew 27:41 In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

The Pharisees

• Luke 16:14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

The men who seized Jesus

• Luke 22:63–64 The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him. They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

Herod Antipas

• Luke 23:11 And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

The people and the Jewish rulers

• Luke 23:35 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

Some of the multitude

• Acts 2:13 But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”

The Athenians

• Acts 17:32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”