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Proverbs 17:5

WEB

5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

KJV

5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

BSB

5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

FBV

5Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, and anyone who enjoys the suffering of others will be punished.

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Extra References

Proverbs 14:31

31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.


Job 31:29

29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him


Obadiah 1:11-13

11In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them. 12But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress. 13Don’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.


1 John 3:17

17But whoever has the worlds goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does Gods love remain in him?


Romans 12:15

15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.


Proverbs 14:21

21He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.


Proverbs 16:5

5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished.


Proverbs 24:17-18

17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown, 18lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.


Jeremiah 17:16

16As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.


Psalms 69:9

9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.