Quotes About Mockery

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.