Job 34:7
What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
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Exodus 5:2
Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
2 Chronicles 32:14
Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
2 Chronicles 32:15
Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”
2 Chronicles 32:16
His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh God and against his servant Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 32:17
He also wrote letters insulting Yahweh, the God of Israel, and speaking against him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.”
2 Chronicles 32:18
They called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them, that they might take the city.
2 Chronicles 32:19
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
Psalms 73:10
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
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Job 12:4
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
Job 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
Job 17:2
Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
Psalms 35:16
Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
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Job 15:4
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
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Job 15:6
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
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Job 20:13
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Hosea 4:8
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
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Job 21:20
Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
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Job 22:15
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
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Job 27:23
Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.
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Job 32:4
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
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Job 33:8
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Job 35:2
“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
Job 40:8
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Job 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
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Job 34:35
‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
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Job 36:18
Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
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Psalms 10:11
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
Isaiah 5:19
who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
Isaiah 28:15
“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
Malachi 3:13
“Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
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Proverbs 10:23
It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
Proverbs 26:18
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
Proverbs 26:19
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
Proverbs 30:20
“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
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Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
Proverbs 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Proverbs 15:12
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
Proverbs 19:29
Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 21:11
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Jeremiah 15:17
I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.
2 Peter 3:3
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts
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Daniel 3:16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
Daniel 3:17
If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
Daniel 3:18
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
Daniel 6:10
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
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Job 36:21
Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
Matthew 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Acts 5:40
They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts 5:41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.
Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.
1 Peter 4:16
But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
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