Psalms 2:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 59:8 : 8 But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.
  • Ps 37:13 : 13 He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.
  • Isa 40:22 : 22 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
  • Prov 1:26 : 26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 59:8
    84%

    8 But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

  • Ps 37:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

    13 He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

  • Ps 2:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5 Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

    6 But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

  • Ps 52:6
    79%

    6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

  • Ps 2:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

    2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

    3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

  • Hab 1:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.

    11 Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.

  • Prov 1:26
    76%

    26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

  • Job 22:19
    74%

    19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Ps 22:7
    73%

    7 I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

  • Job 8:21
    72%

    21 The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

  • Ps 126:2
    72%

    2 Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

  • Ps 80:6
    72%

    6 You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

  • Ps 115:3
    71%

    3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

  • Ps 47:8
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    8 God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.

  • 1 Sam 2:10
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    10 Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.

  • Ps 103:19
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    19 The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all.

  • Isa 28:22
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    22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

  • 1 Chr 16:31
    70%

    31 Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.

  • Isa 40:22
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    22 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

  • Jer 48:27
    70%

    27 For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.

  • 2 Sam 22:14
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    14 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

  • Lam 2:17
    70%

    17 The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

  • Ps 11:4
    70%

    4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

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    69%

    23 Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Zeph 2:10
    69%

    10 This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.

  • Ps 29:10
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    10 The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.

  • Acts 2:34
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    34 For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,

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    69%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

  • Isa 37:22
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    22 This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

  • Ps 110:5
    69%

    5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.

  • Acts 4:25
    69%

    25 Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

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    69%

    6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

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    69%

    1 The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.

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    7 But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

  • Job 12:4
    69%

    4 It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

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    69%

    11 Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;

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    69%

    24 I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

  • Ps 93:1
    68%

    1 The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

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    4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

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    19 God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

  • Job 9:23
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    23 If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

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    4 For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.