Page 209 - Wisdom and Sound Advice from the Torah

Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

Avoiding Mockery

But they mocked God's mes sen gers, de spised His words and
scoffed at his Prophets... (2 Chronicles, 36:16)

Drive out the mock er, and out goes strife; quar rels and in -
sults are end ed. (Proverbs, 22:10)

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away an ger.
(Proverbs, 29:8)

You should not look down on your broth er in the day of his
mis for tune, nor re joice... in the day of their de struc tion, nor
boast so much in the day of their troub le. (Obadiah, 1:12)

The mock er seeks wis dom and finds none, but knowl edge
comes eas i ly to the dis cern ing. (Proverbs, 14:6)

... Scorned by men and de spised by the peo ple. All who see
me mock me; they hurl in sults, shak ing their heads: "He trusts
in the Lord; let the Lord res cue him. Let Him de liv er him,
since He de lights in him." Yet You brought me out of the
womb; You made me trust in You even at my moth er's breast.
From birth I was cast up on You; from my moth er's womb You
have been my God. (Psalms, 22:6-10)

Penalties are pre pared for mock ers, and beat ings for the
backs of fools. (Proverbs, 19:29)

"How long will you sim ple ones love your sim ple ways? How
long will mock ers de light in mock ery and fools hate knowl -
edge? (Proverbs, 1:22)

Like the un god ly they ma li cious ly mocked; they gnashed

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