Proverbs 17:5

Modern English Version

He who mocks the poor shows contempt for his Maker; and he who gloats at calamity will not go unpunished.

Cross References

Job 31:29

“If I rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when disaster found him

Psalm 69:9

for zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen upon me.

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 16:5

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

Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, nor have I desired the woeful day; You Yourself know that which came out of my lips was in Your presence.

Ezekiel 25:3

and say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God: Because you said, “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 slaughter and the 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 swallow and shall be as though they had never been.

Romans 12:15

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

1 John 3:17

Whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, but closes his heart of compassion from him, how can the love of God remain in him?