Psalm 2:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: She despises you; she scorns you— virgin daughter Zion; she tosses her head—behind your back, daughter Jerusalem.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes behold; his gaze examines humankind.

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.

Psalm 123:1

To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

Psalm 37:13

but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that their day is coming.

Psalm 53:5

There they shall be in great terror, in terror such as has not been. For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

Psalm 59:8

But you laugh at them, O Lord; you hold all the nations in derision.

Psalm 59:9

O my strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.

Psalm 68:33

O rider in the heavens, the ancient heavens; listen, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,

Isaiah 40:22

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them like a tent to live in,

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; so what kind of house could you build for me, what sort of place for me to rest?