Job 17:2

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Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.

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  • 1 Sam 1:6-7 : 6 Her rival provoked her severely to irritate her because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival would provoke her, and she would weep and not eat.
  • Job 12:4 : 4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!"
  • Job 16:20 : 20 My intercessors are my friends; my eye drips to God.
  • Job 21:3 : 3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.
  • Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul will dwell in well-being, and his offspring will inherit the land.
  • Ps 35:14-16 : 14 I behaved as if they were my friend or brother; I mourned as one mourning for a mother, bowed down in sorrow. 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing. 16 Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 The one who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 40 'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!' 41 In the same way, the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him, saying, 42 'He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him. 43 'He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now, if He wants Him. For He said, "I am the Son of God."' 44 The robbers who were crucified with Him also heaped insults on Him in the same way.
  • Job 13:9 : 9 Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?

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  • Jer 15:17-18
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    17I did not sit in the company of revelers nor did I rejoice. Because of Your hand, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

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    7But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

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    7I am worn out from my groaning; all night long I drench my bed with tears and flood my couch with weeping.

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    8You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

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    3Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.

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    19Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

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    12Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash?

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    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

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    14I have become the laughingstock of all my people; their mocking song all day long.

  • Job 7:19
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    19Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

  • Job 19:5
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    5If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • Job 13:9
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    9Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?

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    9Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.

  • Jer 17:15
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    15Listen! They are saying to me, 'Where is the word of the LORD? Let it now be fulfilled!'

  • Job 10:17
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    17You bring new witnesses against me and increase Your anger toward me, bringing forces and hostilities against me.

  • Job 12:4
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    4"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!"

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    21They open their mouths wide against me and say, 'Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!'

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    16My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death.

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