Make fun of a prophet’s bald head, get mauled to death by a bear

Here’s a great story for scaring young people into showing respect for their elders.

[The prophet Elisha] went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. (2 Kings 2.23-25)

Yeah, you don’t want to mess with God’s prophets.