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After that he fell in
love with a woman in the Wadi Sorek whose name was Delilah. The
lords of the Philistines came to her and said, "Beguile him
and find out the secret of his great strength, and how we may
overcome and bind him so as to keep him helpless. We will each
give you eleven hundred shekels of silver." So Delilah said
to Samson, "Tell me the secret of your great strength and how
you may be bound so as to be kept helpless."... Delilah said
to Samson, "You have mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me
how you may be bound." "If they bind me tight with new
ropes, with which no work has been done," he answered her,
"I shall be as weak as any other man." So Delilah took
new ropes and bound him with them. Then she said to him, "The
Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For there were men lying
in wait in the chamber. But he snapped them off his arms like
thread. Delilah said to Samson again, "Up to now you have
mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you may be bound." He
said to her, "If you weave my seven locks of hair into the
web and fasten them with the pin, I shall be as weak as any other
man." So while he slept, Delilah wove his seven locks of hair
into the web, and fastened them in with the pin. Then she said,
"The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" Awakening from
his sleep, he pulled out both the weaver's pin and the web. Then
she said to him, "How can you say that you love me when you
do not confide in me? Three times already you have mocked me, and
not told me the secret of your great strength!" She
importuned him continually and vexed him with her complaints till
he was deathly weary of them. So he took her completely into his
confidence and told her, "No razor has touched my head, for I
have been consecrated to God from my mother's womb. If I am
shaved, my strength will leave me, and I shall be as weak as any
other man." When Delilah saw that he had taken her completely
into his confidence, she summoned the lords of the Philistines,
saying, "Come up this time, for he has opened his heart to
me." So the lords of the Philistines came and brought up the
money with them. She had him sleep on her lap, and called for a
man who shaved off his seven locks of hair. Then she began to
mistreat him, for his strength had left him. [JUDG 16:4-6,10-19]
"Therefore the anger of the LORD has come upon Judah and
Jerusalem; he has made them an object of terror, astonishment and
mockery, as you see with your own eyes. For our fathers, as you
know, fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters and our wives
have been taken captive because of this. Now, I intend to make a
covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that his burning anger
may withdraw from us. My sons, be not negligent any longer, for it
is you whom the LORD has chosen to stand before him, to minister
to him, to be his ministers and to offer incense." [Taken
from 2CHRON 29:8-11]
Early and often did the LORD, the God of their fathers, send
his messengers to them, for he had compassion on his people and
his dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God,
despised his warnings, and scoffed at his prophets, until the
anger of the LORD against his people was so inflamed that there
was no remedy. [2CHRON 36:15-16]
Afterward I said to them: "You see the evil plight in
which we stand: how Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have
been gutted by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem,
so that we may no longer be an object of derision!" Then I
explained to them how the favoring hand of my God had rested upon
me, and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us
be up and building!" And they undertook the good work with
vigor. On hearing of this, Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the
Ammonite slave, and Geshem the Arab mocked us and ridiculed us.
"What is this that you are about?" they asked. "Are
you rebelling against the king?" My answer to them was this:
"It is the God of heaven who will grant us success. We, his
servants, shall set about the rebuilding; but for you there is to
be neither share nor claim nor memorial in Jerusalem." [NEH
2:17-20]
When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, it
roused his anger and he became very much incensed. He ridiculed
the Jews, saying in the presence of his brethren and the troops of
Samaria: "What are these miserable Jews trying to do? Will
they complete their restoration in a single day? Will they recover
these stones, burnt as they are, from the heaps of dust?"
Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said: "It is a
rubble heap they are building. Any fox that attacked it would
breach their wall of stones!" Take note, O our God, how we
were mocked! Turn back their derision upon their own heads and let
them be carried away to a land of captivity! Hide not their crime
and let not their sin be blotted out in your sight, for they
insulted the builders to their face! We, however, continued to
build the wall, which was soon filled in and completed up to half
its height. The people worked with a will. [NEH 3:33-38]
Tobiah went out to look for some poor kinsman of ours. When he
returned he exclaimed, "Father!" I said to him,
"What is it, son?" He answered, "Father, one of our
people has been murdered! His body lies in the market place where
he was just strangled!" I sprang to my feet, leaving the
dinner untouched; and I carried the dead man from the street and
put him in one of the rooms, so that I might bury him after
sunset. Returning to my own quarters, I washed myself and ate my
food in sorrow. I was reminded of the oracle pronounced by the
prophet Amos against Bethel: "Your festivals shall
be turned into mourning, And all your songs into
lamentation." And I wept. Then at sunset I went out, dug a
grave, and buried him. The neighbors mocked me, saying to one
another: "Will this man never learn!..." [TOBIT
2:3-8]
All the men of Israel cried to God with great fervor and did
penance - they, along with their wives, and children, and domestic
animals. All their resident aliens, hired laborers, and slaves
also girded themselves with sackcloth. And all the Israelite men,
women and children who lived in Jerusalem prostrated themselves in
front of the temple building, with ashes strewn on their heads,
displaying their sackcloth covering before the Lord. The altar,
too, they draped in sackcloth; and with one accord they cried out
fervently to the God of Israel not to allow their children to be
seized, their wives to be taken captive, the cities of their
inheritance to be ruined, or the sanctuary to be profaned and
mocked for the nations to gloat over. The Lord heard their cry and
had regard for their distress. For the people observed a fast of
many days' duration throughout Judea, and before the sanctuary of
the Lord Almighty in Jerusalem. [JDTH 4:9-13]
"It was for such conduct that our forefathers were handed
over to the sword and to pillage, and fell with great destruction
before our enemies. But since we acknowledge no other god but the
Lord, we hope that he will not disdain us or any of our people. If
we are taken, all Judea will fall, our sanctuary will be
plundered, and God will make us pay for its profanation with our
life's blood. For the slaughter of our kinsmen, for the taking of
exiles from the land, and for the devastation of our inheritance,
he will lay the guilt on our heads. Wherever we shall be enslaved
among the nations, we shall be a mockery and a reproach in the
eyes of our masters. Our enslavement will not be turned to our
benefit, but the Lord our God, will maintain it to our disgrace.
Therefore, my brothers, let us set an example for our kinsmen.
Their lives depend on us, and the defense of the sanctuary, the
temple, and the altar rests with us. Besides all this, we should
be grateful to the Lord our God, for putting us to the test, as he
did our forefathers. Recall how he dealt with Abraham, and how he
tried Isaac, and all that happened to Jacob in Syrian Mesopotamia
while he was tending the flocks of Laban, his mother's brother.
Not for vengeance did the Lord put them in the crucible to try
their hearts, nor has he done so with us. It is by way of
admonition that he chastises those who are close to him." [Taken
from JDTH 8:19-27]
But he mocked and ridiculed them, defiled them, and spoke
disdainfully. In a rage he swore: "If Judas and his army are
not delivered to me at once, when I return victorious I will burn
this temple down." He went away in great anger. The priests,
however, went in and stood before the altar and the sanctuary.
They wept and said: "You have chosen this house to bear your
name, to be a house of prayer and petition for your people. Take
revenge on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword.
Remember their blasphemies, and do not let them continue." [Taken
from 1MACC 7:34-38]
My spirit is broken, my lamp of life extinguished; my
burial is at hand. I am indeed mocked, and, as their
provocation mounts, my eyes grow dim.
[JOB 17:1-2]
Then Job said in reply: At least listen to my words, and
let that be the consolation you offer. Bear with me while I
speak; and after I have spoken, you can mock! [Taken from JOB
21:1-3]
Irresponsible, nameless men, they were driven out of the
land. Yet now they sing of me in mockery; I am become a
byword among them. They abhor me, they stand aloof from
me, they do not hesitate to spit in my face! Indeed, they
have loosed their bonds; they lord it over me, and have
thrown off restraint in my presence. To subvert my paths they rise
up; they build their approaches for my ruin. To destroy me,
they attack with none to stay them; as through a wide breach they
advance. [Taken from JOB 30:8-14]
How long will you people mock my honor, love what is
worthless, chase after lies? [Taken from PS 4:3]
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from
my call for help, from my cries of anguish? My God, I call by
day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief.
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of
Israel. In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you
rescued them. To you they cried out and they escaped; in you
they trusted and were not disappointed. But I am a worm, hardly
human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. All who
see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they
shake their heads at me: "You relied on the LORD - let him
deliver you; if he loves you, let him rescue you." Yet
you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother's
breast. Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since birth you
are my God. Do not stay far from me, for trouble is
near, and there is no one to help. Many bulls surround
me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me. They open their
mouths against me, lions that rend and roar. Like water my
life drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has
become like wax, it melts away within me. As dry as a
potsherd is my throat; my tongue sticks to my
palate; you lay me in the dust of death. Many dogs surround
me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted are
my hands and feet that I can count all my bones. They stare
at me and gloat; they divide my garments among them; for my
clothing they cast lots. But you, LORD, do not stay far
off; my strength, come quickly to help me. Deliver me from
the sword, my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog. Save me
from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild
bulls. [PS 22:2-22]
Malicious witnesses come forward, accuse me of things I do
not know. They repay me evil for good and I am all alone. Yet
I, when they were ill, put on sackcloth, afflicted myself
with fasting, sobbed my prayers upon my bosom. I went about in
grief as for my brother, bent in mourning as for my mother.
Yet when I stumbled they gathered with glee, gathered against
me like strangers. They slandered me without ceasing; without
respect they mocked me, gnashed their teeth against me. [PS
35:11-16]
You make us the reproach of our neighbors, the mockery and
scorn of those around us. You make us a byword among the
nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. All day long my
disgrace is before me; shame has covered my face [Taken from
PS 44:14-16]
May the LORD bring all this upon my accusers, upon those
who speak evil against me. But you, LORD, my God, deal kindly
with me for your name's sake; in your great mercy rescue me.
For I am sorely in need; my heart is pierced within me. Like
a lengthening shadow I near my end, all but swept away like
the locust. My knees totter from fasting; my flesh has wasted
away. I have become a mockery to them; when they see me, they
shake their heads. Help me, LORD, my God; save me in your
kindness. Make them know this is your hand, that you, LORD,
have acted. Though they curse, may you bless; shame my foes,
that your servant may rejoice. Clothe my accusers with
disgrace; make them wear shame like a mantle. I will give
fervent thanks to the LORD; before all I will praise my God. For
God stands at the right hand of the poor to defend them
against unjust accusers. [PS 109:20-31]
Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the open squares she
raises her voice; Down the crowded ways she calls out, at the
city gates she utters her words: "How long, you simple ones,
will you love inanity, how long will you turn away at my
reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will
acquaint you with my words. Because I called and you
refused, I extended my hand and no one took notice; Because
you disdained all my counsel, and my reproof you ignored - I,
in my turn, will laugh at your doom; I will mock when terror
overtakes you; When terror comes upon you like a storm, and
your doom approaches like a whirlwind; when distress and
anguish befall you. Then they call me, but I answer not; they
seek me, but find me not; Because they hated knowledge, and
chose not the fear of the LORD; They ignored my counsel, they
spurned all my reproof; And in their arrogance they preferred
arrogance, and like fools they hated knowledge: Now they must
eat the fruit of their own way, and with their own devices be
glutted. For the self-will of the simple kills them, the
smugness of fools destroys them. But he who obeys me dwells in
security, in peace, without fear of harm." [PROV
1:20-33]
He who mocks the poor blasphemes his Maker; he who is glad at
calamity will not go unpunished. [PROV 17:5]
The eye that mocks a father, or scorns an aged mother, Will be
plucked out by the ravens in the valley; the young eagles will
devour it. [PROV 30:17]
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your
arm; For stern as death is love, relentless as the
nether world is devotion; its flames are a blazing fire. Deep
waters cannot quench love, nor floods sweep it
away. Were one to offer all he owns to purchase love, he
would be roundly mocked. [SONG 8:6-7]
Yes, the just man dead condemns the sinful who live, and
youth swiftly completed condemns the many years of the wicked
man grown old. For they see the death of the wise man and do
not understand what the LORD intended for him, or why he made
him secure. They see, and hold him in contempt; but the LORD
laughs them to scorn. And they shall afterward become dishonored
corpses and an unceasing mockery among the dead. For he
shall strike them down speechless and prostrate and rock them
to their foundations; They shall be utterly laid
waste and shall be in grief and their memory shall
perish. [WISDOM 4:16-19]
Then shall the just one with great assurance confront his
oppressors who set at nought his labors. Seeing this, they shall
be shaken with dreadful fear, and amazed at the unlooked-for
salvation. They shall say among themselves, rueful and
groaning through anguish of spirit: "This is he whom
once we held as a laughingstock and as a type for mockery,
fools that we were! His life we accounted madness, and
his death dishonored. See how he is accounted among the sons of
God; how his lot is with the saints!" [Taken from
WISDOM 5:1-5]
For when they had been tried, though only mildly
chastised, they recognized how the wicked, condemned in
anger, were being tormented. Both those afar off and those
close by were afflicted: the latter you tested, admonishing them
as a father; the former as a stern king you probed and
condemned. For a twofold grief took hold of them and a
groaning at the remembrance of the ones who had departed. For
when they heard that the cause of their own torments was a
benefit to these others, they recognized the Lord. Him who of old
had been cast out in exposure they indeed mockingly
rejected; but in the end of events, they marveled at
him, since their thirst proved unlike that of the just.
[WISDOM 11:9-14]
Therefore as though upon unreasoning children, you sent
your judgment on them as a mockery; But they who took no heed of
punishment which was but child's play were to experience
a condemnation worthy of God. For in the things through which they
suffered distress, since they were tortured by the very
things they deemed gods, They saw and recognized the true
God whom before they had refused to know; with this,
their final condemnation came upon them. [WISDOM 12:25-27]
Mock not the worn cloak and jibe at no man's bitter
day: For strange are the works of the LORD, hidden from
men his deeds. The oppressed often rise to a throne, and some
that none would consider wear a crown. The exalted often fall into
utter disgrace; the honored are given into enemy hands. [Taken
from SIRACH 11:4-6]
Mockery and abuse will be the lot of the proud, and vengeance
lies in wait for them like a lion. [SIRACH 27:28]
Mock presents from the lawless win not God's favor. [Taken from
SIRACH 34:18]
You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped; you were
too strong for me, and you triumphed. All the day I am an
object of laughter; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I
must cry out, violence and outrage is my message; The word of
the LORD has brought me derision and reproach all the day. I
say to myself, I will not mention him, I will speak in his
name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my
heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it
in, I cannot endure it. Yes, I hear the whisperings of
many: "Terror on every side! Denounce! let us
denounce him!" All those who were my friends are on
the watch for any misstep of mine. "Perhaps he will be
trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on
him." But the LORD is with me, like a mighty
champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not
triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter
shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion. [Taken from JER
20:7-11]
How then can it be thought or claimed that they are gods? Even
the Chaldeans themselves have no respect for them; for when they
see a deaf mute, incapable of speech, they bring forward Bel and
ask the god to make noise, as though the man could understand; and
they are themselves unable to reflect and abandon these gods, for
they have no sense. And their women, girt with cords, sit by the
roads, burning chaff for incense; and whenever one of them is
drawn aside by some passer-by who lies with her, she mocks her
neighbor who has not been dignified as she has, and has not had
her cord broken. All that takes place around these gods is a
fraud: how then can it be thought or claimed that they are gods?
[BARUCH 6:39-44]
Woe to them, they have strayed from me! Ruin to them, they
have sinned against me! Though I wished to redeem
them, they spoke lies against me. They have not cried to me
from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For
wheat and wine they lacerated themselves, while they rebelled
against me. Though I trained and strengthened their arms, yet
they devised evil against me. They have again become
useless, like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall
fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongues;
thus they shall be mocked in the land of Egypt. [HOSEA 7:13-16]
The LORD has commanded regarding you: no descendant shall
come to bear your name; From your temple I will
abolish the carved and the molten image; I will make
your grave a mockery. [Taken from NAHUM 1:14]
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve
(disciples) aside by themselves, and said to them on the way,
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they
will condemn him to death, and hand him over to the Gentiles to be
mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the
third day." [MT 20:17-19]
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the
praetorium and gathered the whole cohort around him. They stripped
off his clothes and threw a scarlet military cloak about him.
Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head, and a
reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him,
saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" They spat upon him and
took the reed and kept striking him on the head. And when they had
mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak, dressed him in his own
clothes, and led him off to crucify him. [MT 27:27-31]
Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right
and the other on his left. Those passing by reviled him, shaking
their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and
rebuild it in three days, save yourself, if you are the Son of
God, (and) come down from the cross!" Likewise the chief
priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said, "He
saved others; he cannot save himself. So he is the king of Israel!
Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he wants him. For he
said, 'I am the Son of God.'" The revolutionaries who were
crucified with him also kept abusing him in the same way. [MT
27:38-44]
They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went
ahead of them. They were amazed, and those who followed were
afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them what
was going to happen to him. "Behold, we are going up to
Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief
priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and
hand him over to the Gentiles who will mock him, spit upon him,
scourge him, and put him to death, but after three days he will
rise." [MK 10:32-34]
The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is, the
praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort. They clothed him in
purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him. They
began to salute him with, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and
kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They
knelt before him in homage. And when they had mocked him, they
stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes,
and led him out to crucify him. [MK 15:16-20]
With him they crucified two revolutionaries, one on his right
and one on his left. Those passing by reviled him, shaking their
heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and
rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming down from the
cross." Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, mocked
him among themselves and said, "He saved others; he cannot
save himself. Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now
from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were
crucified with him also kept abusing him. [MK 15:27-32]
Then he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "Behold,
we are going up to Jerusalem and everything written by the
prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed
over to the Gentiles and he will be mocked and insulted and spat
upon; and after they have scourged him they will kill him, but on
the third day he will rise." But they understood nothing of
this; the word remained hidden from them and they failed to
comprehend what he said. [LK 18:31-34]
On hearing this Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean; and
upon learning that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him
to Herod who was in Jerusalem at that time. Herod was very glad to
see Jesus; he had been wanting to see him for a long time, for he
had heard about him and had been hoping to see him perform some
sign. He questioned him at length, but he gave him no answer. The
chief priests and scribes, meanwhile, stood by accusing him
harshly. (Even) Herod and his soldiers treated him contemptuously
and mocked him, and after clothing him in resplendent garb, he
sent him back to Pilate. Herod and Pilate became friends that very
day, even though they had been enemies formerly. [LK 23:6-12]
Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only
what he sows, because the one who sows for his flesh will reap
corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows for the spirit
will reap eternal life from the spirit. Let us not grow tired of
doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do
not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do
good to all, but especially to those who belong to the family of
the faith. [GAL 6:7-10]
What more shall I say? I have not time to tell of Gideon, Barak,
Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by
faith conquered kingdoms, did what was righteous, obtained the
promises; they closed the mouths of lions, put out raging fires,
escaped the devouring sword; out of weakness they were made
powerful, became strong in battle, and turned back foreign
invaders. Women received back their dead through resurrection.
Some were tortured and would not accept deliverance, in order to
obtain a better resurrection. Others endured mockery, scourging,
even chains and imprisonment... The world was not worthy of them.
They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, in caves and in
crevices in the earth. Yet all these, though approved because of
their faith, did not receive what had been promised. God had
foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should
not be made perfect. [HEB 11:32-36,38-40]
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humiliate
/ humiliation [H]
shame
/ shameful / shameless [S12]
dishonor
/ dishonored [D12]
praise
/ praises / praised [P10a]
respect
/ respected [R]
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