2 Kings 2:23

The English Standar Version

He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!"

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Job 30:1

"But now they laugh at me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 19:18

Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Hebrews 11:36

Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Galatians 4:29

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

Amos 7:13

but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing."

Amos 4:4

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

Amos 3:14

"that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.

Hosea 10:15

Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great evil. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf[2] of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests -- those who rejoiced over it and over its glory -- for it has departed[3] from them.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, "As the LORD lives."

Jeremiah 7:18

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

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain[2] from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 22:6

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

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child makes himself known by his acts,[3] by whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Psalm 35:15

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.[2]

2 Kings 2:11

And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Leviticus 13:40

"If a man's hair falls out from his head, he is bald; he is clean.

2 Kings 2:22

So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

Psalm 31:17

O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.

2 Kings 2:2

And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel." But Elisha said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

Jeremiah 20:7

O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!" For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.