2 Kings 2:23

Modern English Version

He went up from there to Bethel, and going up on the way, little boys came out of the city and made fun of him and said to him, “Go up, you bald head! Go up, you bald head!”

Cross References

Genesis 21:9

Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

2 Kings 2:11

As they continued walking and talking, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Tarry here, I ask you, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said to him, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:22

So the waters have been healthy until this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they continued to jest regarding the messengers of God, despising His word and making fun of His prophets until the wrath of the Lord came up against His people, until there was no remedy.

Job 19:18

Yes, young children despise me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

Job 30:1

“But now those who are younger than I mock me, whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

Psalm 31:17

Do not let me be ashamed, O  Lord, for I have called upon You; let the wicked be ashamed, and let them go silently to Sheol.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak insolently with pride and contempt against the righteous.

Psalm 35:15

But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered together; assailants gathered against me, and I did not know it; they tore me apart without ceasing;

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his conduct be pure, and whether it be right.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove anxiety from your heart, and put away distress from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are estranged and backward.

Isaiah 3:5

The people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; the youth shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the inferior against the honorable.

Jeremiah 20:7

O  Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You are stronger than I and have prevailed. I am held in derision daily; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For each time I speak, I cry out; I cry out, “Violence and devastation,” because to me the word of the Lord has resulted in reproach and derision daily.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.

Hosea 10:15

So will it be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria fear because of the calf of Beth-aven. For its people mourn for it, and its priests shriek for it, because its glory has departed from it.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah offend. Do not come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Leviticus 13:40

When a man has lost hair from his head, then he is bald. He is still clean.

Amos 3:14

Surely on the day I punish the transgressions of Israel, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

Come to Bethel and transgress, to Gilgal and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning and your tithes every three days.

Amos 5:5

But do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal will surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be no more.

Amos 7:13

But do not prophesy any more at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”

Galatians 4:29

But as it was then, he who was born after the flesh persecuted him who was born after the Spirit, so it is now also.

Hebrews 11:36

Still others had trials of mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment.