Proverbs 17:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished. [Job 31:29; Prov. 14:31; Obad. 12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Common English Bible

Those who mock the poor insult their maker; those who rejoice in disaster won’t go unpunished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:5 Cross References

Job 31:29

“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me or exulted when evil overtook them—

Psalm 69:9

It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

Proverbs 14:21

Those who despise their neighbors are sinners, but happy are those who are kind to the poor.

Proverbs 14:31

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him.

Proverbs 16:5

All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord; be assured, they will not go unpunished.

Jeremiah 17:16

But I have not run away from being a shepherd in your service, nor have I desired the fatal day. You know what came from my lips; it was before your face.

Ezekiel 25:3

Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God: Because you said, “Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was profaned and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate and over the house of Judah when it went into exile,

Obadiah 1:10

For the slaughter and violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.

Obadiah 1:16

For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually; they shall drink and gulp down and shall be as though they had never been.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

1 John 3:17

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?