2 Kings 2:23

New American Bible - revised edition

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. While he was on the way, some little boys came out of the city and jeered at him: “Go away, baldy; go away, baldy!”

Cross References

Genesis 21:9

Sarah noticed the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham playing with her son Isaac;

2 Kings 2:11

As they walked on still conversing, a fiery chariot and fiery horses came between the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind,

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please. The Lord has sent me on to Bethel.” Elisha replied, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:22

And the water has stayed pure even to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the Lord’s anger against his people blazed up beyond remedy.

Job 19:18

Even young children despise me; when I appear, they speak against me.

Job 30:1

But now they hold me in derision who are younger than I, Whose fathers I should have disdained to rank with the dogs of my flock.

Psalm 31:17

Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your mercy.

Psalm 31:18

Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, Lord. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.

Psalm 35:15

Yet when I stumbled they gathered with glee, gathered against me and I did not know it. They slandered me without ceasing;

Proverbs 20:11

In their actions even children can playact though their deeds be blameless and right.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound to the heart of a youth, but the rod of discipline will drive it out.

Proverbs 22:6

Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Banish misery from your heart and remove pain from your body, for youth and black hair are fleeting.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah! Sinful nation, people laden with wickedness, evil offspring, corrupt children! They have forsaken the Lord, spurned the Holy One of Israel, apostatized,

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will oppress one another, yes, each one the neighbor. The child will be insolent toward the elder, and the base toward the honorable.

Jeremiah 20:7

You seduced me, Lord, and I let myself be seduced; you were too strong for me, and you prevailed. All day long I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage I proclaim; The word of the Lord has brought me reproach and derision all day long.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, their fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, while libations are poured out to other gods—all to offend me!

Hosea 10:15

So it will be done to you, Bethel, because of your utter wickedness: At dawn the king of Israel will utterly disappear.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria are afraid for the calf of Beth-aven; Its people mourn for it and its idolatrous priests wail over it, —over its glory which has departed from it.

Hosea 4:15

Though you prostitute yourself, Israel, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not come to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, do not swear, “As the Lord lives!”

Leviticus 13:40

When a man loses the hair of his head, he is simply bald on the crown and not unclean.

Amos 3:14

On the day when I punish Israel for its crimes, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar shall be broken off and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

Come to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal and sin all the more! Each morning bring your sacrifices, every third day your tithes;

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bethel; Do not come to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beer-sheba; For Gilgal shall be led into exile and Bethel shall be no more.

Amos 7:13

But never again prophesy in Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”

Galatians 4:29

But just as then the child of the flesh persecuted the child of the spirit, it is the same now.

Hebrews 11:36

Others endured mockery, scourging, even chains and imprisonment.