Psalms 2:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 59:8 : 8 But you, O LORD, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations.
  • Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.
  • Isa 40:22 : 22 He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.
  • Prov 1:26 : 26 so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says:“The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is what the LORD says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

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  • Ps 59:8
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    8But you, O LORD, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations.

  • Ps 37:12-13
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    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

    13The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

  • Ps 2:5-6
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    5Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying,

    6“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

  • Ps 52:6
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    6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

  • Ps 2:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

    2The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king.

    3They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”

  • Hab 1:10-11
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    76%

    10They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

    11They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”

  • Prov 1:26
    76%

    26so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

  • Ps 22:7
    73%

    7All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

  • Job 8:21
    72%

    21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

  • Ps 126:2
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    2At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said,“The LORD has accomplished great things for these people.”

  • Ps 80:6
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    6You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.

  • Ps 115:3
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    3Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!

  • Ps 47:8
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    8God reigns over the nations! God sits on his holy throne!

  • 1 Sam 2:10
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    10The LORD shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The LORD executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one.”

  • Ps 103:19
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    19The LORD has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.

  • Isa 28:22
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    22So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, against the entire land.

  • 1 Chr 16:31
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    31Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say,‘The LORD reigns!’

  • Isa 40:22
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    22He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

  • Jer 48:27
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    27For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?

  • 2 Sam 22:14
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    14The LORD thundered from the sky; the Most High shouted loudly.

  • Lam 2:17
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    17ע(Ayin) The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power.

  • Ps 11:4
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    4The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.

  • Job 27:23
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    23It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

  • Zeph 2:10
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    10This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Ps 29:10
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    10The LORD sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the LORD sits enthroned as the eternal king.

  • Acts 2:34
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    34For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand

  • Ps 110:1
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    1A psalm of David. Here is the LORD’s proclamation to my lord:“Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”

  • Isa 37:22
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    22this is what the LORD says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you– she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

  • Ps 110:5
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    5O Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.

  • Acts 4:25
    69%

    25who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather,‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The LORD lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

  • Ps 97:1
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    1The LORD reigns! Let the earth be happy! Let the many coastlands rejoice!

  • Ps 9:7
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    7But the LORD rules forever; he reigns in a just manner.

  • Job 12:4
    69%

    4I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered– a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

  • Ps 96:11
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    11Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!

  • Job 29:24
    69%

    24If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

  • Ps 93:1
    68%

    1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty, the LORD is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

  • Ps 99:1
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    1The LORD reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth shakes.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked.”

  • Ps 55:19
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    19God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them.(Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.

  • Job 9:23
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    23If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

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    68%

    4We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.