mocking

⁵Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.

¹Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

³Know this first: that in the last days there will arrive deceitful mockers, walking according to their own desires, ⁴saying: “Where is his promise or his advent? For from the time that the fathers have slept, all things have continued just as they were from the beginning of creation.” ⁵But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established by the Word of God. ⁶By water, the former world then, having been inundated with water, perished. ⁷But the heavens and the earth that exist now were restored by the same Word, being reserved unto fire on the day of judgment, and unto the perdition of impious men.

⁷Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.

⁴Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring,

¹²He who corrupts himself does not love the one who afflicts him, nor will he step toward the wise.

²⁹Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.

⁶A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible. ⁷Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence. ⁸The wisdom of a discerning man is to understand his way. And the imprudence of the foolish is to be wandering astray. ⁹The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just.

²And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

⁴nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.

⁷Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence.

¹⁶But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.

⁵But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

¹¹Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:

¹³But others mockingly said, “These men are full of new wine.”

¹It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.