Psalm 22:7
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7 Everyone who sees me mocks me.
They sneer and shake their heads, saying,
Mark 15:29
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29 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days.
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Psalm 109:25
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25 I am a joke to people everywhere;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
Matthew 27:39-40
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39 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. 40 “Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
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Psalm 44:14
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14 You have made us the butt of their jokes;
they shake their heads at us in scorn.
Luke 23:35-39
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35 The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. 37 They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38 A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
39 One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”
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Luke 23:11
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11 Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Finally, they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
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Luke 16:14
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14 The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him.
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Mark 15:20
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20 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
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Mark 11:29-32
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29 “I’ll tell you by what authority I do these things if you answer one question,” Jesus replied. 30 “Did John’s authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human? Answer me!”
31 They talked it over among themselves. “If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn’t believe John. 32 But do we dare say it was merely human?” For they were afraid of what the people would do, because everyone believed that John was a prophet.
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Matthew 27:29
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29 They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
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Matthew 26:66-68
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66 What is your verdict?”
“Guilty!” they shouted. “He deserves to die!”
67 Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him, 68 jeering, “Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you that time?”
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Matthew 9:24
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24 “Get out!” he told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him.
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Isaiah 57:4
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4 Whom do you mock,
making faces and sticking out your tongues?
You children of sinners and liars!
Isaiah 53:3
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3 He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.
Psalm 35:15-16
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15 But they are glad now that I am in trouble;
they gleefully join together against me.
I am attacked by people I don’t even know;
they slander me constantly.
16 They mock me and call me names;
they snarl at me.
Psalm 31:18
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18 Silence their lying lips—
those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.
Job 30:9-11
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9 “And now they mock me with vulgar songs!
They taunt me!
10 They despise me and won’t come near me,
except to spit in my face.
11 For God has cut my bowstring.
He has humbled me,
so they have thrown off all restraint.
Job 16:10
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10 People jeer and laugh at me.
They slap my cheek in contempt.
A mob gathers against me.
Job 16:4
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4 I could say the same things if you were in my place.
I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you.
Isaiah 37:22-23
New Living Translation
22 the Lord has spoken this word against him:
“The virgin daughter of Zion
despises you and laughs at you.
The daughter of Jerusalem
shakes her head in derision as you flee.
23 “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!
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