Proverbs 17:5

Modern

He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

Traditional

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

Literal

One mocking the poor scorns his Maker; one glad at calamity will not be acquitted.

Latin

Qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori ejus, et qui ruina lætatur alterius non erit impunitus.

Hebrew

English

He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

Mocking what God created is the same as mocking God.

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 1:11–13
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.
1 John 3:17
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 24:17–18
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Psalm 69:9
…because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Jeremiah 17:16
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
Obadiah 1:16
For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.