📖 Biblical Definition
Mockery is derisive imitation — ridicule designed to humiliate, not correct. Scripture knows it on both sides. Elijah’s mockery of the prophets of Baal at Carmel exposed Baal as nothing: "Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked" (1 Kings 18:27). But the mockery of Christ at Golgotha — the crown of thorns, the purple robe, the "Hail, King of the Jews" (Matthew 27:29) — exposed the mockers as condemned. The apostolic warning is plain: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7). Men frequently try.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
MOCK'ERY, n.
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1. The act of mocking; derision; ridicule. 2. Sport; subject of laughter. 3. Vain imitation or effort. 4. Imitation; counterfeit appearance; false show.
📖 Key Scripture
Galatians 6:7 — "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall He also reap."
1 Kings 18:27 — "Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god."
Matthew 27:31 — "After that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him."
2 Chronicles 36:16 — "They mocked the messengers of God... till the wrath of the Lord arose against His people."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
God is not mocked — the mocker is just paying late.
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Paul's line in Galatians 6:7 is one of the most quoted and least believed verses in Scripture: God is not mocked. The verb is agricultural — you cannot trick a harvest. Whatever a man plants, he eats. Modern man pretends he can sow promiscuity and reap intimacy, sow consumption and reap contentment, sow contempt and reap respect. He cannot. The harvest never lies, even when it's late.
Christ on the cross absorbed the mockery of soldiers, priests, and one of the thieves. The mockery did not stop the cross from working — in fact, it fulfilled the prophecy of Psalm 22. Today the same mockery rains on the Lord's name, His Word, His people. It will not stop His harvest either. The reaping is coming.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew laʾag (H3932); Greek empaizo (G1702).
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H3932 — laag — to mock, deride
H6711 — tsachaq — to laugh, jest, mock
G1702 — empaizo — to mock, ridicule
Usage
"A mocker is paying his harvest late, but he is paying."
"Mockery cannot make Baal answer or stop a Savior from rising."
"You will reap what you sow — the laws of the field are the laws of the soul."