Bible Verses About Taunting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for taunting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 204 votes, led by 2 Kings 2:23-24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Taunting
2 Kings 2:23-2419 votes
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.
Habakkuk 2:619 votes
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Isaiah 14:1-3215 votes
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Revelation 1:714 votes
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Leviticus 20:1313 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Ezekiel 28:1-2613 votes
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
Genesis 1:112 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1 Samuel 17:2612 votes
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
Revelation 21:812 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Jeremiah 24:911 votes
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Ezekiel 5:1511 votes
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
Daniel 11:1-4511 votes
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
John 3:1611 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Ephesians 6:10-1811 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
2 Samuel 24:110 votes
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
Ezekiel 28:210 votes
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
What does the Bible say about taunting?
Readers most often cite 2 Kings 2:23-24 on the subject of taunting. Across 204 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Habakkuk 2:6, Isaiah 14:1-32, Revelation 1:7. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.