Ridicule, objects of

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

God ridiculed

Psalm 74:10–18 See also 2 Kings 19:4 parallel Isaiah 37:4

Jesus Christ mocked

Luke 22:63–65 parallels Matthew 26:67–68, Mark 14:65 See also Luke 23:11; Matthew 27:27–31 parallel Mark 15:16–20; John 19:1–3; Matthew 27:39–44 parallels Mark 15:29–32, Luke 23:35–37

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him. They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?” And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.

God's messengers scorned

2 Chronicles 36:15–16 See also 2 Chronicles 30:6–10; Acts 2:1–13, Acts 17:17–18, Acts 17:32; Hebrews 11:36

Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

God's people may suffer ridicule for their faith

Psalm 22:6–8 Job 12:4, Job 16:10, Job 19:18, Job 30:1, Job 30:9; Psalm 35:15–25, Psalm 42:10, Psalm 69:10–12, Psalm 79:4, Psalm 89:50–51, Psalm 123:3–4; Jeremiah 20:7; Lamentations 2:15–16, Lamentations 3:14, Lamentations 3:63

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

Divine judgment because of ridicule

Zephaniah 2:8–11 See also Proverbs 3:34; Isaiah 28:22

“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

God ridicules his enemies

Psalm 2:4–5 See also Psalm 59:8

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them. Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury: