Psalm 44:14

New International Version

You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: “ ‘Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and mocks you. Daughter Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

2 Chronicles 7:20

then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.”

Job 16:4

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.

Job 17:6

“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.

Psalm 109:25

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

Psalm 123:3

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.

Psalm 22:7

All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

Psalm 79:4

We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.

Isaiah 37:22

this is the word the Lord has spoken against him: “Virgin Daughter Zion despises and mocks you. Daughter Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them.

Micah 6:16

You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.