Proverbs 17:5

World English Bible (2000)

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
  • Job 31:29 : 29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
  • Obad 1:11-13 : 11 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them. 12 But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress. 13 Don't enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don't look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.
  • Prov 16:5 : 5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be 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 his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
  • Obad 1:16 : 16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

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  • Prov 14:31
    83%

    31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

  • Prov 22:16
    78%

    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 14:20-21
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    77%

    20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

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

  • Prov 17:6
    76%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • Prov 13:18
    76%

    18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

  • Prov 19:17
    76%

    17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

  • Job 5:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

    17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Prov 21:13
    74%

    13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 28:27
    74%

    27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

    21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 30:17
    73%

    17 "The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Ps 41:1
    73%

    1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 1:26
    73%

    26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

  • Job 22:19
    73%

    19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7 The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

  • Prov 14:9
    73%

    9 Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

  • Prov 15:20
    73%

    20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Prov 19:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

    26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

  • Prov 28:6
    72%

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 9:7
    72%

    7 He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

  • Job 13:9
    72%

    9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 18:3
    72%

    3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

  • Prov 15:12
    72%

    12 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

  • Prov 3:34
    72%

    34 Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

  • Job 9:23
    71%

    23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

  • Prov 18:23
    71%

    23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

  • Ps 52:6
    71%

    6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 28:24
    71%

    24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong." He is a partner with a destroyer.

  • Prov 22:8
    71%

    8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

  • Prov 24:9
    71%

    9 The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

  • Prov 24:25
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    25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

  • Ps 37:13
    71%

    13 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

  • Ps 15:4
    71%

    4 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

  • Prov 19:28
    71%

    28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Prov 13:7
    71%

    7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.