Verse 5

Whoever mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:31 : 31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
  • Job 31:29 : 29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—
  • Obad 1:11-13 : 11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. 12 But do not gloat over your brother on the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah on the day of their destruction; and do not boastfully speak on the day of distress. 13 Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their disaster; do not gloat over their calamity on the day of their disaster; and do not reach out your hand to their wealth on the day of their disaster.
  • Prov 16:5 : 5 The Lord detests all who are proud in heart; be sure of this, they will not go unpunished.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles. 18 Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You. I have not desired the day of disaster. You know what has come from my lips; it was before You.
  • Obad 1:16 : 16 Just as you drank on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and gulp down and be as though they had never been.
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 Whoever despises their neighbor sins, but blessed is the one who is kind to the poor.