Proverbs 17:5

The Scriptures 1998

He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity does not go unpunished.

Cross References

Job 31:29

If I have rejoiced when he who hated me was ruined, or lifted myself up when evil found him –

Psalm 69:9

Because ardour for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbour sins; But he who shows favour to the poor, O blessed is he.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.

Proverbs 16:5

Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to יהוה ; Hand to hand: he goes not unpunished.

Jeremiah 17:16

And I have not run away from being a shepherd who follows You, nor have I longed for the desperately sick day. You Yourself have known, that which came out of my lips was before You.

Ezekiel 25:3

“And you shall say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Master יהוה! Thus said the Master יהוה, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My set-apart place when it was profaned, and against the land of Yisra’ĕ

Obadiah 1:10

“Because of your violence against your brother Yaʽ

Obadiah 1:16

“For as you have drunk on my set-apart mountain, so do all the gentiles drink continually. And they shall drink and shall swallow, and they 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

But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his tender affections from him, how does the love of Elohim stay in him?