You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut u
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool,
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong han
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, t
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
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water
Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Ch
The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible f
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death.
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borr
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me w
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—agai
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”