Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.
Darby Translation
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In Context
4The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Cross References
Job 31:29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;
Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.
Proverbs 16:5Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.
Jeremiah 17:16But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Obadiah 1:10Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:5
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Note, 1. Those that design to do ill support themselves by falsehood and lying: A wicked doer gives ear, with a great deal of pleasure, to false lips, that will justify him in the ill he does, to those that aim to make public disturbances, catch greedily at libels, and false stories, that defame the government and the administration. 2. Those that take the liberty to tell lies take a pleasure in hearing them told: A liar gives… Read the whole commentary →