2Ki 2:23 Cross References

2 Kings 2:23

23: Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. "Go away, you baldhead!" they chanted. "Go away, you baldhead!"

2 Chronicles 36:16

  1. But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and there was no remedy.

Job 30:1

  1. "But now I am mocked by those who are younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.

Job 19:18

  1. Even young children despise me. When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.

Job 30:8

  1. They are nameless fools, outcasts of civilization.
  2. "And now their sons mock me with their vulgar song! They taunt me!
  3. They despise me and won't come near me, except to spit in my face.
  4. For God has cut the cords of my tent. He has humbled me, so they have thrown off all restraint.
  5. These outcasts oppose me to my face. They send me sprawling; they lay traps in my path.

Galatians 4:29

  1. And we who are born of the Holy Spirit are persecuted by those who want us to keep the law, just as Isaac, the child of promise, was persecuted by Ishmael, the son of the slave-wife.

Isaiah 1:4

  1. Oh, what a sinful nation they are! They are loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil and corrupt children who have turned away from the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel, cutting themselves off from his help.

Proverbs 20:11

  1. Even children are known by the way they act, whether their conduct is pure and right.

Matthew 27:40

  1. "So! You can destroy the Temple and build it again in three days, can you? Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!"
  2. The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders also mocked Jesus.
  3. "He saved others," they scoffed, "but he can't save himself! So he is the king of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross, and we will believe in him!
  4. He trusted God--let God show his approval by delivering him! For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

Hosea 10:5

  1. The people of Samaria tremble for their calf idol at Beth-aven. The people mourn over it, and the priests wail for it, because its glory will be stripped away.

Amos 3:14

  1. "On the very day I punish Israel for its sins, I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Matthew 27:29

  1. They made a crown of long, sharp thorns and put it on his head, and they placed a stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery, yelling, "Hail! King of the Jews!"
  2. And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and beat him on the head with it.
  3. When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.

Hosea 4:15

  1. "Though Israel is a prostitute, may Judah avoid such guilt. O Judah, do not join with those who worship me insincerely at Gilgal and at Beth-aven. Their worship is mere pretense as they take oaths in the LORD's name.

Amos 7:13

  1. Don't bother us here in Bethel with your prophecies, especially not here where the royal sanctuary is!"

Hebrews 11:36

  1. Some were mocked, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in dungeons.

Psalms 31:18

  1. May their lying lips be silenced--those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.

Amos 5:5

  1. Don't go to worship the idols of Bethel, Gilgal, or Beersheba. For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile, and the people of Bethel will come to nothing."

Isaiah 3:5

  1. People will take advantage of each other--man against man, neighbor fighting neighbor. Young people will revolt against authority, and nobodies will sneer at honorable people.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

  1. So banish grief and pain, but remember that youth, with a whole life before it, still faces the threat of meaninglessness.

Proverbs 22:15

  1. A youngster's heart is filled with foolishness, but discipline will drive it away.

Hosea 10:15

  1. You will share that fate, Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day of judgment dawns, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

Isaiah 57:3

  1. "But you--come here, you witches' children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
  2. Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars!

1 Kings 12:28

  1. So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people, "It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!"
  2. He placed these calf idols at the southern and northern ends of Israel--in Bethel and in Dan.
  3. This became a great sin, for the people worshiped them, traveling even as far as Dan.
  4. Jeroboam built shrines at the pagan high places and ordained priests from the rank and file of the people--those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.
  5. Jeroboam also instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on a day in midautumn, similar to the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. And it was at Bethel that he appointed priests for the pagan shrines he had made.

Amos 4:4

  1. "Go ahead and offer your sacrifices to the idols at Bethel and Gilgal. Keep on disobeying--your sins are mounting up! Offer sacrifices each morning and bring your tithes every three days!

Psalms 35:15

  1. But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don't even know; they hurl slander at me continually.

Proverbs 22:6

  1. Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.

Jeremiah 7:18

  1. No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they give drink offerings to their other idol gods!

Genesis 21:9

  1. But Sarah saw Ishmael--the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar--making fun of Isaac.

2 Kings 2:11

  1. As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between them, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven.
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