Scorning and Mocking

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

• Genesis 21:9Torrey SAINTS ENDURE, ON ACCOUNT OF — Being children of God

  ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

• 2 Kings 2:23Torrey Exemplified — Children at Bethel

  ¶ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

• 2 Chronicles 30:6–10Torrey THE WICKED INDULGE IN, AGAINST — All solemn admonitions

  So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to…

• 2 Chronicles 30:10Torrey Exemplified — Ephraim and Manasseh

  So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

• 2 Chronicles 36:16Torrey THE WICKED INDULGE IN, AGAINST — God's ministers

  But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

• 2 Chronicles 36:17Torrey Punishment for

  Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

• Nehemiah 2:19Torrey SAINTS ENDURE, ON ACCOUNT OF — Their zeal for God's house

  But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

• Nehemiah 4:1Torrey Exemplified — Sanballat

  But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

• Job 12:4Torrey SAINTS ENDURE, ON ACCOUNT OF — Their uprightness

  I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

• Job 30:1Torrey Exemplified — Enemies of Joab

  But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

• Job 30:9Torrey Exemplified — Enemies of Joab

  And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

• Psalms 1:1Torrey THOSE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO — Are avoided by saints

  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.