Con: Fear of Ridicule

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  If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

  1 Peter 4:14
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  And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

  Mathew 20:17-19
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  When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.

  1 Peter 2:23
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  Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment.

  Hebrews 11:36
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  Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear you again about this.

  Acts 17:32
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  Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

  Acts 5:41
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  And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, He is a good man,

  John 7:12
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  Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

  Romans 12:17
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  Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

  Romans 12:14
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  For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon; they will scourge him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise.

  Luke 18:31-33
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  First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions

  2 Peter 3:3
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  And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

  Mark 5:39-40
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  Now when they (Greeks) heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear you again about this.

  Acts 17:32
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  And when he had entered, he said to them, Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.

  Mark 5:39-40
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  and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

  1 Corinthians 4:12
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  And the people stood by, watching; but the rulers scoffed at him (Jesus on the cross), saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!

  Luke 23:35-36
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  Then they spat in his face, and struck him; and some slapped him, saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?

  Matthew 26:67-68
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  Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.  And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spat upon him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

  Matthew 27:27-31
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  But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.

  Acts 2:13
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  So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

  2 Chronicles 30:10
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  but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, till the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  2 Chronicles 36:16
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  Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.

  Job 17:2
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  She despises you, she scorns you, the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you, the daughter of Jerusalem.

  2 Kings 19:21
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  All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;

  Psalms 22:7

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