Biblical Concept: Scoff
Findings
Job’s sorry comforters scoff comment.
God: “Thou dost scoff at all the nations.”
“if you scoff, you alone will bear it”
Israel: “scoffed at His prophets”
“He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself”
“Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you”
Re a son: “But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.”
Antithesis: Scoffer and understanding.
Antithesis: Scoffer and wise.
“Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd.”
“When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise.”
Relationship: Scoffer and insolent pride.
Relationship:
Scoffer, contention, strife, dishonor.
“Drive out the
scoffer” . . . “dishonor will cease.”
“the scoffer is an abomination to men”
Job: ”My friends are my scoffers.”
“blessed is the man” … “Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!”
“scoffers delight themselves in scoffing”
God: “He scoffs at the scoffers.”
“Judgments are prepared for scoffers.”
“hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers”
“do not carry on as scoffers”
“Beware lest wrath entice you to
scoffing”
“Our soul is greatly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease”
“scoffers delight themselves in scoffing”
Pharisees: “scoffing at Him.”
Psalm 2:4 He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.
“The Lord scoffs
at them.”
Proverbs 3:34 Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.
God: “He scoffs at
the scoffers”
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Scoff
NAS Job 11:3 "Shall your boasts silence men? And shall
you scoff and none rebuke? (Job’s sorry comforters scoff comment.)
NAS Psalm
59:8 But Thou, O LORD, dost laugh
at them; Thou dost scoff at all the nations. (God: “Thou dost scoff at all the
nations.”)
NAS Proverbs
9:12 If you are wise, you are
wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it. (“if you scoff,
you alone will bear it”)
Scoffed
NAS 2
Chronicles 36:16 but they continually mocked the messengers of
God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the
LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy. (Israel: “scoffed at
His prophets”)
Scoffer
NAS Proverbs
9:7 He who corrects a scoffer
gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself. (“He who
corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself”)
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he
hate you, Reprove a wise man, and he will love you. (“Do not reprove a scoffer,
lest he hate you”)
NAS Proverbs
13:1 A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a
scoffer does not listen to rebuke. (Re a son: “But a scoffer does not listen to
rebuke.”)
NAS Proverbs
14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds none, But knowledge is easy to him
who has understanding. (Antithesis: Scoffer and understanding.)
NAS Proverbs
15:12 A scoffer does not love one
who reproves him, He will not go to the wise. (Antithesis: Scoffer and wise.)
NAS Proverbs
19:25 Strike a scoffer and the
naive may become shrewd, But reprove one who has understanding and he will gain
knowledge. (“Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd.”)
NAS Proverbs
21:11 When the scoffer is
punished, the naive becomes wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives
knowledge. (“When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise.”)
24 "Proud,"
"Haughty," "Scoffer," are his names, Who acts with insolent
pride. (Relationship: Scoffer and insolent pride.)
NAS Proverbs
22:10 Drive out the scoffer, and
contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease. (Relationship:
Scoffer, contention, strife, dishonor.) (“Drive out the scoffer” . . .
“dishonor will cease.”)
NAS Proverbs
24:9 The devising of folly is
sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men. (“the scoffer is an abomination
to men”)
Scoffers
NAS Job
16:20 "My friends are my
scoffers; My eye weeps to God. (Job: ”My friends are my scoffers.”)
NAS Psalm
1:1 How blessed is the man who
does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! (“blessed is the man” … “Nor sit in the seat
of scoffers!”)
NAS Proverbs
1:22 "How long, O naive
ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge? (“scoffers delight themselves in scoffing”)
NAS Proverbs
3:34 Though He scoffs at the
scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted. (God: “He scoffs at the
scoffers.”)
NAS Proverbs
19:29 Judgments are prepared for
scoffers, And blows for the back of fools. (“Judgments are prepared for
scoffers.”)
NAS Isaiah
28:14 Therefore, hear the word of
the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem, (“hear the
word of the LORD, O scoffers”)
22 And now do not carry on as
scoffers, Lest your fetters be made stronger; For I have heard from the Lord
God of hosts, Of decisive destruction on all the earth. (“do not carry on as
scoffers”)
NAS Hosea
7:5 On the day of our king, the
princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with
scoffers,
NAS Acts
13:41 'Behold, you scoffers, and
marvel, and perish; For I am accomplishing a work in your days, A work which
you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.'"
Scoffing
NAS Job
36:18 "Beware lest wrath entice you to scoffing; And do not let the
greatness of the ransom turn you aside. (“Beware
lest wrath entice you to scoffing”)
NAS Psalm
44:13 Thou dost make us a
reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
NAS Psalm
79:4 We have become a reproach to
our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us.
NAS Psalm
123:4 Our soul is greatly filled with
the scoffing of those who are at ease, And
with the contempt of the proud. (“Our soul is greatly filled with the
scoffing of those who are at ease”)
NAS Proverbs
1:22 "How long, O naive
ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge? (“scoffers delight themselves in scoffing”)
NAS Luke
16:14 Now the Pharisees, who were
lovers of money, were listening to all these things, and they were scoffing at
Him. (Pharisees: “scoffing at Him.”)
Scoffs
NAS Psalm
2:4 He who sits in the heavens
laughs, The Lord scoffs at them. (All) (“The Lord scoffs at them.”)
NAS Proverbs
3:34 Though He scoffs at the
scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted. (All) (God: “He scoffs at the
scoffers”)