Psa 79:4, 123:3-4, 137:3, Jer 20:7, 48:27, Mat 27:39-44, 1Cor 4:9-13 | ESV | STEP | We have become a taunt to our neighbors , mocked and derided by those around us.

wCited from Ps. 22:8

x[Luke 23:39-43]

ySee Rom. 8:36

z Heb. 10:33 (Gk.); [Isa. 20:3]

aa[Acts 17:18]; See ch. 1:18; Acts 26:24

ab 2 Cor. 11:19

ac ch. 2:3; 2 Cor. 13:9

ad Rom. 8:35; 2 Cor. 11:27; Phil. 4:12

ae 2 Cor. 11:20, 23

af[Matt. 8:20]

agSee Acts 18:3

ahSee 1 Pet. 3:9

aiSee John 15:20

aj[Isa. 30:22; 64:6]

ak Lam. 3:45

Psalms 79:4

4 We have become ^aa taunt to our neighbors,
^bmocked and derided by those around us.

Psalms 123:3-4

3 ^cHave mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of ^dcontempt.
4 Our soul has had more than enough
of ^ethe scorn of ^fthose who are at ease,
of the contempt of ^gthe proud.

Psalms 137:3

3 For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Jeremiah 20:7

7 O Lord, ^hyou have deceived me,
and I was deceived;
ⁱyou are stronger than I,
and you have prevailed.
^jI have become a laughingstock all the day;
everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 48:27

27 ^kWas not Israel a derision to you? ^lWas he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him ^myou wagged your head?

Matthew 27:39-44

39 And ⁿthose who passed by ^oderided him, ^pwagging their heads 40 and saying, ^q“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! ^rIf you are ^sthe Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 ^t“He saved others; ^uhe cannot save himself. ^vHe is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 ^wHe trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 ^xAnd the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^ylike men sentenced to death, because we ^zhave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ^aaWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^abyou are wise in Christ. ^acWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^adwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^aebuffeted and ^afhomeless, 12 and we ^aglabor, working with our own hands. ^ahWhen reviled, we bless; ^aiwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^ajWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^akthe refuse of all things.