Bible verses about "scoffers" | CLV

¹ Happy is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Who neither stands in the way of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of mockers.

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for mockers And beatings for the body of the stupid.

¹ A wise son heeds his father's admonition, Yet a mocker does not hearken to rebuke."

¹⁰ Drive out the mocker, and quarreling shall go forth, And suing and dishonor shall cease."

²² Who is sitting over the circle of the earth, and its dwellers are as grasshoppers? Who is stretching out as a thin gauze the heavens, and bagging them out as a tent to dwell in?

³⁷ For even as the days of Noah, thus shall be the presence of the Son of Mankind." ³⁸ For as they were in those days before the deluge, masticating and drinking and marrying and taking in marriage until the day on which Noah entered into the ark, ³⁹ and did not know till the deluge came and takes them all away, thus shall be the presence of the Son of Mankind."

²² And, except those days were discounted, no flesh at all would be saved. Yet, because of the chosen, those days shall be discounted."

⁴ in whom the god of this eon blinds the apprehensions of the unbelieving so that the illumination of the evangel of the glory of Christ, Who is the Image of the invisible God, does not irradiate them."

¹ This is already, beloved, the second epistle I am writing to you in which I am rousing your sincere comprehension by a reminder" ² to remind you of the declarations which have been declared before by the holy prophets, and of the precept of your apostles of the Lord and Saviour, ³ knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will be coming with scoffing, going according to their own desires" ⁴ and saying, "Where is the promise of His presence? For since the fathers were put to repose, all is continuing thus from the beginning of creation." ⁵ For they want to be oblivious of this, that there were heavens of old, and an earth cohering out of water and through water, by the word of God;" ⁶ through which the then world, being deluged by water, perished." ⁷ Yet the heavens now, and the earth, by the same word, are stored with fire, being kept for the day of the judging and destruction of irreverent men." ⁸ Now of this one thing you are not to be oblivious, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day." ⁹ The Lord is not tardy as to the promise, as some are deeming tardiness, but is patient because of you, not intending any to perish, but all to make room for repentance." ¹⁰ Now the day of the Lord will be arriving as a thief, in which the heavens shall be passing by with a booming noise, yet the elements shall be dissolved by combustion, and the earth and the works in it shall be found." ¹¹ At these all, then, dissolving, to what manner of men must you belong in holy behavior and devoutness, ¹² hoping for and hurrying the presence of God's day, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements decompose by combustion!" ¹³ Yet we, according to His promises, are hoping for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness is dwelling." ¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, hoping for these things, endeavor to be found by Him in peace, unspotted and flawless." ¹⁵ And be deeming the patience of our Lord salvation, according as our beloved brother Paul also writes to you, according to the wisdom given to him, ¹⁶ as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, in which are some things hard to apprehend, which the unlearned and unstable are twisting, as the rest of the scriptures also, to their own destruction." ¹⁷ You, then, beloved, knowing this before, be on your guard lest, being led away with the deception of the dissolute, you should be falling from your own steadfastness." ¹⁸ Yet be growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now, as well as for the day of the eon. Amen!"

³ knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will be coming with scoffing, going according to their own desires"

²⁰ O Timothy, that which is committed to you, guard, turning aside from the profane prattlings and antipathies of falsely named "knowledge,

³⁶ Now be vigilant, on every occasion beseeching that you may be prevailing to escape all these things which are about to occur, and to stand in front of the Son of Mankind."

² to remind you of the declarations which have been declared before by the holy prophets, and of the precept of your apostles of the Lord and Saviour, ³ knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will be coming with scoffing, going according to their own desires"

⁴¹ Perceive, you despisers, and marvel, and disappear! for a work am I working in your days - a work which you should by no means be believing if anyone should be detailing it to you."

¹⁸ that they said to you, In the last time will be coming scoffers, going according to their own irreverent desires."

³ knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will be coming with scoffing, going according to their own desires" ⁴ and saying, "Where is the promise of His presence? For since the fathers were put to repose, all is continuing thus from the beginning of creation."