Bible Verses About Scoffing

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

Proud, haughty, scorner is his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.

Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

The thought of folly is sin, And an abomination to man is a scorner.

Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart--sin.

Who are saying, `Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near and come, and we know.'

Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.

Therefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against it, And smiteth it, and the mountains tremble, And their carcase is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, And still His hand is stretched out!

--Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

Lo, they are saying unto me: `Where is the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.'

that Azariah son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud men, speak unto Jeremiah, saying, `Falsehood thou art speaking; Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Do not enter Egypt to sojourn there;

Remembered hath Jerusalem In the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.

And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'

And He saith unto me, `The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very very great, and the land is full of blood, and the city hath been full of perverseness, for they have said: Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

who are saying, It is not near--to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh.

`Son of man, what is this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

And ye have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, Each according to his ways do I judge you, O house of Israel.'

A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves with the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.'

and the scribes who are from Jerusalem having come down, said--`He hath Beelzeboul,' and--`By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

And he said unto them, `Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'