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2 Kings 2:23

WEB

23He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”

KJV

23¶ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

BSB

23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys [+] came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

FBV

23Elisha went on from there to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of youths came from the town. They made fun of him, calling out, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!”

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Extra References

2 Chronicles 36:16

16but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the LORD’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Job 30:1

1“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

Job 19:18

18Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

Genesis 21:9

9Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

Psalms 31:18

18Let [+] the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Hebrews 11:36

36Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Amos 4:4

4“Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,

Proverbs 22:15

15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Matthew 27:40-43

40and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

41Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees,[+] and the elders, said, 42“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”