Proverbs 17:5

English Standard Version 2016

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

1 John 3:17

But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

Proverbs 16:5

Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Job 31:29

“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face.

Psalm 69:9

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Obadiah 1:16

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

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 they went into exile,

Obadiah 1:10

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