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Want to know what the Bible says about Irony? Here are 19 Bible verses about Irony from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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2 Samuel 6:20 NIV
When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
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1 Kings 18:27 NIV
At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
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Job 12:2 NIV
“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
    and wisdom will die with you!
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Ezekiel 28:3-5 NIV
3 Are you wiser than Daniel ?
    Is no secret hidden from you?
4 By your wisdom and understanding
    you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.
5 By your great skill in trading
    you have increased your wealth,
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.
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1 Kings 22:15 NIV
When he arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?”
“Attack and be victorious,” he answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”
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Amos 4:4 NIV
“Go to Bethel and sin;
    go to Gilgal and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
    your tithes every three years.
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Mark 2:17 NIV
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Matthew 22:16 NIV
They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.
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Matthew 27:29 NIV
and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.
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Mark 15:17-19 NIV
17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. 18 And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” 19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.
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Luke 23:11 NIV
Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate.
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John 19:2-3 NIV
2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
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Mark 15:19 NIV
Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.
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John 19:15 NIV
But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
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Matthew 27:37 NIV
Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.
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Mark 15:26 NIV
The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.
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Luke 23:38 NIV
There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.
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John 19:19 NIV
Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews.
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Acts 26:28 NIV
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”
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