Quotes about Mocks
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- 2 Kings 19:21
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Job 9:23
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- Psalm 74:22
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
- Proverbs 19:28
this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Isaiah 37:22
Life often mocks every system; it is richer and fuller than the deepest thinker in all his wisdom can imagine.
- Herman Bavinck
Indeed, as some of the Protestant traditions recognize, the symbol of a cross per se can all too readily become a mere token or amulet leading to superstition and magical thinking. Even worse, when detached from its significance, it can and often has become a sign denoting allegiance to a cause that mocks the very One who died in that way — the cross of Constantine, the Crusaders, and the Ku Klux Klan.
- Fleming Rutledge