Job 19:18

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Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 2:23 : 23 He went up from there to Bethel. As he was traveling up the road, some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying,“Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!”
  • Job 30:1 : 1 Job’s Present Misery“But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.
  • Job 30:12 : 12 On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.
  • Isa 3:5 : 5 The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

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    19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

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    11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

    12His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.

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    14My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.

    15My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.

    16I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

    17My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers.

  • Job 30:12-13
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    12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

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    1Job’s Present Misery“But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

    2Moreover, the strength of their hands– what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

  • Job 30:9-10
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    9Job’s Indignities“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.

    10They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

  • Ps 31:11
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    11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Job 16:8-10
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    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

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    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

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    3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

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    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

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    6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

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    7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

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    10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

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    19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

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    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

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

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    6But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me.

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  • Job 29:8
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    12Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

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    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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    5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

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    11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

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    62My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

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    3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

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    16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

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    21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?

  • Prov 5:12
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    12And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

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    17You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.