2 Kings 2:23

Legacy Standard Bible

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

Cross References

Genesis 21:9

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing in jest.

2 Kings 2:11

As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire, and it separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.

2 Kings 2:2

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here please, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:22

So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

2 Chronicles 36:16

but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against His people, until there was no remedy.

Job 19:18

“Even young children reject me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

Job 30:1

“But now those younger than I laugh at me, Whose fathers I rejected even to put with the dogs of my flock.

Psalm 31:17

O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With lofty pride and contempt.

Psalm 35:15

But at my stumbling they were glad and gathered themselves together; The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, They tore at me and never were silent.

Proverbs 20:11

It is by his deeds that a young man makes himself known If his conduct is pure and right.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child according to his way, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So, remove vexation from your heart and put away evil from your flesh because childhood and the prime of life are vanity.

Isaiah 1:4

¶Alas, sinful nation, People heavy with iniquity, Seed of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh; They have spurned the Holy One of Israel; They have become estranged from Him.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will overwhelm the elder And the dishonorable, the honorable.

Jeremiah 20:7

¶O Yahweh, You have enticed me, and I was enticed; You were stronger than I, and You prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I call out violence and devastation Because for me the word of Yahweh has resulted In reproach and derision all day long.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, and the fathers make the fire burn, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me.

Hosea 10:15

Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your evil of evils. At dawn the king of Israel will be completely ruined.

Hosea 10:5

The dweller of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has gone into exile from them.

Hosea 4:15

¶Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Do not let Judah become guilty; Also do not go to Gilgal Nor go up to Beth-aven And swear the oath: “As Yahweh lives!”

Leviticus 13:40

“Now if a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald; he is clean.

Amos 3:14

“For on the day that I punish Israel’s transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar will be cut in pieces, And they will fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

¶“Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.

Amos 5:5

“But do not seek Bethel, And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into exile, And Bethel will become evil.

Amos 7:13

But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal house.”

Galatians 4:29

But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh was persecuting him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.

Hebrews 11:36

and others experienced mockings and floggings, yes, also chains and imprisonment.