Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Job 31:29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him —
- Obadiah 11–13 On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.