Proverbs 17:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.”
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“He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; Andhe that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:5 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 31:29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
- Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
- Ezekiel 25:3Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
- Obadiah 1:10Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
- Obadiah 1:11On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
- Obadiah 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
- Obadiah 1:16For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- 1 John 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
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