(n.) An object of sport or laughter a laughingstock a laughing matter.ģ. In a merrymaking - especially, to act in a mask or interlude.Įncyclopedia. (n.) The object of laughter or sport a laughingstock. Genesis 38:23 Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. The art of telling a humorous story-understand, I mean by word of mouth, not print-was. Multi-Version Concordance Laughingstock (10 Occurrences). I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. (See NAS RSV NIV)Įzekiel 22:4 You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations and a cause of laughing to all countries.
Lamentations 3:14 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. Jeremiah 48:39 How is it broken down! how do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him. Jeremiah 48:27 For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you shake your head. Jeremiah 48:26 Make him drunken for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. Jeremiah 20:7 Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded Thou hast hardened me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one is mocking at me, (See NAS RSV) Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Psalms 44:14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. Job 12:4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock, (See RSV NIV) Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her." (See NAS NIV)Įxodus 32:25 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies), (See NIV) During this decade, old normative social models became obsolete. 14 You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. Psalm 44 shows that exactly this occurred to Israel You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. Bible Concordance Laughingstock (10 Occurrences) In the same breath, he traces the phenomenon to the cultural revolution of the 1960s. Israel, in their exile would become a lesson to the nations of how not to act and how not to treat the Lord.