Proverbs 17:5

Tree of Life Version

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker. Whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

Cross References

Job 31:29

“If I rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated because calamity found him—

Psalm 69:9

I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is gracious to the needy is blessed.

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 16:5

Adonai abhors all the proud in heart. Be assured, they will not go unpunished.

Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd after You, nor have I desired the woeful day. What came out of my lips You know—it was before You.

Ezekiel 25:3

Say to the children of Ammon—hear the word of Adonai, thus says Adonai Elohim—‘Because you said, “Aha!” against My Sanctuary when it was defiled, against the land of Israel when it was made desolate and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,

Obadiah 1:10

“Because of your violence to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.

Obadiah 1:16

For just as you have drunk on My holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually. Yes, they will drink and gulp down, and then be as though they had never existed.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

1 John 3:17

But if someone has material possessions and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?