Proverbs 17:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:5 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Obadiah 1:11-13
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. …
Proverbs 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Anger Beggars Cruelty Hatred Heart Malice

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5)

See here, 1. What a great sin those are guilty of who trample upon the poor, who ridicule their wants and the meanness of their appearance, upbraid them with their poverty, and take advantage from their weakness to be abusive and injurious to them. They reproach their Maker, put a great contempt and affront upon him, who allotted the poor to the condition they are in, owns them, and takes care of…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. (Compare Pr 14:31). glad at calamities--rejoicing in others’ evil. Such are rightly punished by God, who knows their hearts.