Proverbs 17:5

New International Version

Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

1 John 3:17

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.

Job 31:29

“If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—

Proverbs 14:21

It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not run away from being your shepherd; you know I have not desired the day of despair. What passes my lips is open before you.

Psalm 69:9

for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

Obadiah 1:16

Just as you drank on my holy hill, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and drink and be as if they had never been.

Ezekiel 25:3

Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,

Obadiah 1:10

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.