Psalms 123:4

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We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

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  • Ps 119:51 : 51 Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.
  • Job 12:5 : 5 For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.
  • Ps 73:5-9 : 5 They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do. 6 Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing. 7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful. 8 They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence. 9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
  • Neh 2:19 : 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said,“What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
  • Isa 32:9 : 9 The Lord Will Give True Security You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!
  • Isa 32:11 : 11 Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves– put sackcloth on your waist!
  • Jer 48:11 : 11 “From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.
  • Jer 48:27 : 27 For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?
  • Jer 48:29 : 29 I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.
  • Amos 6:1 : 1 The Party is over for the Rich Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.
  • Acts 17:21 : 21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said,“We will hear you again about this.”
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly,“You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
  • 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 3Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

  • Ps 124:2-8
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    2if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us,

    3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

    4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

    5The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

    6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

    7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

    8Our deliverer is the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth.

  • 4We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

  • Lam 3:45-46
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    45You make us like filthy scum in the estimation of the nations.

    46פ(Pe) All our enemies have gloated over us;

  • Ps 44:24-25
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    24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

    25For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground.

  • 24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

  • Ps 44:13-14
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    13You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

    14You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

  • 11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

  • 14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

  • 2I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!

  • 5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • 51Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.

  • Ps 126:2-3
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    2At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said,“The LORD has accomplished great things for these people.”

    3The LORD did indeed accomplish great things for us. We were happy.

  • 6You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.

  • 1The People of Jerusalem Pray: O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.

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

  • 4Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

  • 10They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

  • 4They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”

  • 4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • 4How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

  • 40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

  • 1A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

  • 7All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

  • 11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

  • 50Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

  • 4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

  • 5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

  • 25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

  • 16before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.

  • 10This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • 18Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O LORD, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

  • 15How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

  • 22Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules.

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    2Many say about me,“God will not deliver him.”(Selah)

  • 12Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!

  • 15So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

  • 3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

  • 19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

  • 2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.