H3887, lîṣ, to scorn, scoff, mock

<p>Strongs:</p>

<p>Phonetic pronunciation: &nbsp;"loots"</p>

<p>KJV English words used: &nbsp;scorner 14, scorn 4, interpreter 2, mocker 2, ambassadors 1, derision 1, mock 1, scornful 1, teachers 1.</p>

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<p>Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament reference number: 1113.</p>

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<li>Fools scorn and mock at sin, Prov 14.9; and mack at judgment, Prov 19.28.</li>

<li>The scorner is proud and haughty, Prov 21.24; incorrigible, Prov 9.7; resistant to reproof, Prov 9.8, 15.12; and hating any rebuke, Prov 13.1.</li>

<li>Wisdom and knowledge eludfe the scorner, Prov 14.6.</li>

<li>The scorner is odious to all men, Prov 24.9.</li>

<li>The scorner must be avoided by all who would live godly lives, Psalm 1.1.</li>

<li>Corporal punishment is appropriate for the scorner so the easily-persuaded naive fool may benefit, Prov 1925, 21.11.</li>

<li>A good way to remove contention from a group is to eject the scorner, which will cause strife to cease, Prov 22.10.</li>

<li>Scorners delight in their scorning, Prov 1.22.</li>

<li>Judgment awaits all scorners, Prov 19.29.</li>

<li>Scorners shall be brought to nothing and consumed, Isaiah 29.20.</li>

<li>The scorner, rendered "proud" in the LXX, so by implication prideful, is contrasted with the humble, Prov 3.34.&nbsp;</li>

<li>Examples of mockers and scorners:

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<li>Wine, Prov 20.1.</li>

<li>Prideful people, Psalm 119.51.</li>

<li>The King of Samaria's henchmen, Hosea 7.5.</li>

<li>Job's&nbsp;"friends", Job 16.20.</li>

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