Psalms 2:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 59:8 : 8 ¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
  • Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
  • Isa 40:22 : 22 [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 ¶ The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
  • Prov 1:26 : 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.

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    8¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

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    1¶ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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    26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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    19The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

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    21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

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    6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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    10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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    22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

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