Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
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- Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
- Job 31:29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him
- Obadiah 11–13 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress. Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay ye hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.