Psalm 2:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

Cross References

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the Daughter of Jerusalem has wagged her head behind you.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes behold; His eyelids test and prove the children of men. [Acts 7:49; Rev. 4:2.]

Psalm 115:3

But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.

Psalm 123:1

UNTO YOU do I lift up my eyes, O You Who are enthroned in heaven.

Psalm 37:13

The Lord laughs at [the wicked], for He sees that their own day [of defeat] is coming.

Psalm 53:5

There they are, in terror and dread, where there was [and had been] no terror and dread! For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

Psalm 59:8

But You, O Lord, will laugh at them [in scorn]; You will hold all the nations in derision.

Psalm 59:9

O my Strength, I will watch and give heed to You and sing praises; for God is my Defense (my Protector and High Tower).

Psalm 68:33

[Sing praises] to Him Who rides upon the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when the thing comes that shall cause you terror and panic–

Isaiah 40:22

It is God Who sits above the circle (the horizon) of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; it is He Who stretches out the heavens like [gauze] curtains and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One–He Who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, but with him also who is of a thoroughly penitent and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the thoroughly penitent [bruised with sorrow for sin]. [Matt. 5:3.]

Isaiah 66:1

THUS SAYS the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house would you build for Me? And what kind can be My resting-place? [Acts 17:24.]