Making Fun of Others
8 passages
- Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Read it in context - Proverbs 24:17
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Read it in context - 2 Kings 2:23–24
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!” 24Then 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.
Read it in context - Proverbs 26:19
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
Read it in context - James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 7:21–22
21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. 22For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Read it in context - Ephesians 5:4
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
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