Proverbs 17:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ 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)

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Common English Bible

⁵ Those who mock the poor insult their maker; those who rejoice in disaster won’t go unpunished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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

⁵ 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 rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

Proverbs 14:21

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: But he that hath mercy on the needy honoureth him.

Proverbs 16:5

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

Ezekiel 25:3

and say unto the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord GOD Thus saith the Lord GOD Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:

Obadiah 1:10

For the violence done to thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

Obadiah 1:16

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

1 John 3:17

But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?