2 Kings 2:23

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2 Kings 2:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

22 And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

23 From 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!”

24 Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

25 And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 12:28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:29

One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

1 Kings 12:30

And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

1 Kings 12:32

And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

Hosea 4:15

Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

Hosea 10:5

The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.

Hosea 10:15

Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

Amos 3:14

On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

Amos 5:5

Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

Amos 7:13

But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”

Job 19:18

Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

Job 30:1

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

Job 30:8

A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

Job 30:9

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Job 30:10

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Job 30:11

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

Job 30:12

The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

Job 30:13

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

Job 30:14

They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

Job 30:15

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Job 30:16

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

Job 30:17

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

Job 30:18

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

Job 30:19

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Job 30:20

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Job 30:21

You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

Job 30:22

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

Job 30:23

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Job 30:24

Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

Job 30:25

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Job 30:27

I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

Job 30:28

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Job 30:29

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Job 30:30

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

Proverbs 20:11

Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Isaiah 3:5

The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

Jeremiah 7:18

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Psalms 35:15

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Isaiah 57:3

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Isaiah 57:4

Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

Galatians 4:29

At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.

Hebrews 11:36

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

2 Kings 2:11

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

Matthew 27:29

And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:30

Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

Matthew 27:31

After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.

Matthew 27:40

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Matthew 27:41

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

Matthew 27:42

“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

Matthew 27:43

He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”