2 Chronicles 36:16

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But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until the Lord became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:23

From there he went to Bethel. As he walked along the road, some boys came out of the city and mocked him. They said, “Go away, baldy! Go away!”

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun took David’s men, shaved them, cut off their clothes from the waist down, and sent them away.

2 Chronicles 24:19

The Lord sent them prophets to bring them back to himself. The prophets warned them, but they wouldn’t listen.

2 Chronicles 30:10

So the messengers went from city to city in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun. But the people ridiculed them.

Ezra 5:12

But because our ancestors made the God of heaven angry, he handed them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (a Chaldean). So Nebuchadnezzar destroyed this temple and deported its people to Babylon.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were defiant and rebelled against you. They threw your teachings over their shoulders and killed your prophets who warned them to turn back to you. They committed outrageous sins.

Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years. You warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. However, they wouldn’t listen. So you handed them over to the people in the surrounding nations.

Psalm 35:16

With crude and abusive mockers, they grit their teeth at me.

Psalm 74:1

Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep in your care?

Proverbs 29:1

A person who will not bend after many warnings will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

Proverbs 6:15

That is why disaster will come on him suddenly. In a moment he will be crushed beyond recovery.

Isaiah 28:22

Now stop laughing, or your chains will be tightened, because I have heard that the Almighty Lord of Armies has finally determined to destroy the whole land.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?

Isaiah 57:4

Whom are you making fun of? Whom are you making a face at? Whom are you sticking out your tongue at? Aren’t you rebellious children, descendants of liars?

Isaiah 65:12

Now I will destine you for death. All of you will bow to be slaughtered. I called, but you didn’t answer. I spoke, but you didn’t listen. You did what I consider evil. You chose what I don’t like.

Jeremiah 13:10

These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They go their own stubborn ways and follow other gods in order to serve them and worship them. They are like this good-for-nothing belt.

Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. You overpowered me and won. I’ve been made fun of all day long. Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

Each time I speak, I have to cry out and shout, “Violence and destruction!” The Lord’s word has made me the object of insults and contempt all day long.

Jeremiah 30:12

“This is what the Lord says: Your wound is incurable. Your injury is beyond healing.

Jeremiah 32:3

When King Zedekiah of Judah locked up Jeremiah, Zedekiah asked him, “Why are you prophesying? You are saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: I’m going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

Jeremiah 32:33

have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son. It was in the courtyard of the prison. They used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: As my anger and my fury were poured out on those who live in Jerusalem, so my fury will be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become a curse word. You will become something ridiculed, cursed, and disgraced. You won’t see this place again.

Daniel 9:6

We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, leaders, ancestors, and all the common people.

Leviticus 26:15

if you reject my laws and look at my rules with disgust, if you reject my promise by disobeying my commands,

Matthew 23:34

I’m sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers of the Scriptures. You will kill and crucify some of them. Others you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad because you have a great reward in heaven! The prophets who lived before you were persecuted in these ways.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.

Luke 18:32

He will be handed over to foreigners. They will make fun of him, insult him, spit on him,

Luke 23:11

Herod and his soldiers treated Jesus with contempt and made fun of him. They put a colorful robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also made fun of him. They would go up to him, offer him some vinegar,

Luke 6:23

Rejoice then, and be very happy! You have a great reward in heaven. That’s the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

Acts 13:41

‘Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if it were reported to you!’ ”

Acts 17:32

When the people of the court heard that a person had come back to life, some began joking about it, while others said, “We’ll hear you talk about this some other time.”

Acts 2:13

Others said jokingly, “They’re drunk on sweet wine.”

Acts 7:52

Was there ever a prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute? They killed those who predicted that a man with God’s approval would come. You have now become the people who betrayed and murdered that man.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, whoever rejects this ⌞order⌟ is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 11:36

Some were made fun of and whipped, and some were chained and put in prison.

Judges 2:17

But the people wouldn’t listen to the judges. The Israelites chased after other gods as though they were prostitutes and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors who had obeyed the Lord’s commands. They refused to be like their ancestors.