◄ Proverbs 17:5 ►
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Cross References
Job 31:29
If I have rejoiced in my enemy's ruin, or exulted when evil befell him--

Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 24:17
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Obadiah 1:12
But 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.


Treasury of Scripture
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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Proverbs 14:21,31
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he…



Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.



1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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Proverbs 24:17,18
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: …



Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:



Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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