Job 12:4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
In the book the verse stands in the second of its four parts, the debate over affliction in chapters 4 to 31, made up of three rounds of speeches by Job and each of his three friends. It describes one who is just and upright, who calls upon God and is answered by Him, yet is mocked by his neighbor and laughed to scorn. It reflects the insistence on uprightness even while suffering, against the misapplied claim that suffering proves divine displeasure.
Affliction by itself does not mean a person is under God's displeasure or should be discouraged, for suffering met with trust can serve His glory and the sufferer's good. The scorn of the just and upright belongs to the present only and will not last forever, for God sees the upright while the wicked face judgment. God's servants are therefore not to be ashamed to own Him when ridiculed for calling upon Him.