Satire

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Bible verses about “Satire”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• 1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
• 1 Samuel 2:2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
• 1 Samuel 2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
• 1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• 1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
• 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
• 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• 1 Samuel 2:10The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
• 1 Samuel 1:5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
• 1 Samuel 1:6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
• 1 Samuel 1:7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
• 1 Samuel 1:8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
• 1 Samuel 1:9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
• Matthew 23:2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
• Matthew 23:3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
• Matthew 23:4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
• Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
• Matthew 23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
• Matthew 23:7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
• Matthew 23:8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
• Matthew 23:9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
• Matthew 23:10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
• Matthew 23:11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
• Matthew 23:12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
• Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
• Matthew 23:14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
• Matthew 23:15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
• Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
• Matthew 23:17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
• Matthew 23:18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
• Matthew 23:19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
• Matthew 23:20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
• Matthew 23:21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
• Matthew 23:22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
• Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
• Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
• Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.