Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Note unpunished: Heb. held innocent
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- mocketh
- Proverbs 14:21, 31; Psalm 69:9; 1 John 3:17
- and
- Proverbs 24:17, 18; Job 31:29; Jeremiah 17:16; Obadiah 1:11–13, 16; Romans 12:15
- unpunished
- Heb. held innocent.
- Proverbs 16:5