Proverbs 17:5
He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.
6a The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
Cross References
Job 31:29And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!
Proverbs 14:21He that dishonours the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.
Proverbs 16:5Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless.
Jeremiah 17:16But I have not been weary of following thee, nor have I desired the day of man; thou knowest; the words that proceed out of my lips are before thy face.
Obadiah 1:10Because of the slaughter and the sin committed against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Obadiah 1:12And + 1:12 Or, look not thou, etc.thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of strangers; nor shouldest thou have rejoiced against the children of Juda in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have boasted in the day of their affliction.
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 →