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Ridicule of God and of believers is to be expected, but it will bring divine retribution upon its perpetrators.

God ridiculed

Ps 74:10-18 See also 2Ki 19:4 pp Isa 37:4

Jesus Christ mocked

Lk 22:63-65 pp Mt 26:67-68 pp Mk 14:65 See also Lk 23:11; Mt 27:27-31 pp Mk 15:16-20; Jn 19:1-3; Mt 27:39-44 pp Mk 15:29-32 pp Lk 23:35-37

God’s messengers scorned

2Ch 36:15-16 See also 2Ch 30:6-10; Ac 2:1-13; Ac 17:17-18,32; Heb 11:36

God’s people may suffer ridicule for their faith

Ps 22:6-8 Job’s suffering increased by the ridicule of his persistent trust in God: Job 12:4; Job 16:10; Job 19:18; Job 30:1,9
Ps 35:15-25; Ps 42:10; Ps 69:10-12; Ps 79:4; Ps 89:50-51; Ps 123:3-4; Jer 20:7; La 2:15-16; La 3:14,63

Divine judgment because of ridicule

Zep 2:8-11 See also Pr 3:34; Isa 28:22

God ridicules his enemies

Ps 2:4-5 See also Ps 59:8

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