Sarcasm

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

• Genesis 4:9Nave INSTANCES OF — Cain' s self-justifying argument when God asked him where Abel was

  ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

• Exodus 14:11Nave INSTANCES OF — Israelites reproaching Moses

  And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

• Numbers 11:20Nave INSTANCES OF — God reproaching Israel

  But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

• Numbers 24:11Nave INSTANCES OF — Balak reproaching Balaam

  Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

• Joshua 17:15Nave INSTANCES OF — Joshua to the descendants of Joseph

  And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

• Judges 9:7–19Nave INSTANCES OF — By Jotham

  ¶ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king…

• Judges 10:14Nave INSTANCES OF — God reproaching Israel

  Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

• Judges 14:18Nave INSTANCES OF — By Samson

  And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

• 1 Samuel 11:10Nave INSTANCES OF — The men of Jabesh to Nahash

  Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

• 1 Samuel 17:28Nave INSTANCES OF — Eliab to David

  ¶ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of…

• 2 Samuel 6:21Nave INSTANCES OF — David' s reply to Michal' s irony

  And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

• 1 Kings 18:27Nave INSTANCES OF — Elijah to the priests of Baal

  And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.