Proverbs 17:5
Whoever is mocking at the poor || Has reproached his Maker, || Whoever is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
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4An evildoer is attentive to lips of vanity, || Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
6Sons’ sons [are] the crown of old men, || And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.
Cross References
Job 31:29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, || And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Proverbs 14:21Whoever is despising his neighbor sins, || Whoever is favoring the humble, || O his blessedness.
Proverbs 16:5Every proud one of heart [is] an abomination to YHWH, || Hand to hand—he is not acquitted.
Jeremiah 17:16And I did not hurry from feeding after You, || And I have not desired the desperate day, || You have known the produce of my lips, || It has been before Your face,
Obadiah 1:10For slaughter, for violence [to] your brother Jacob, || Shame covers you, || And you have been cut off for all time.
Obadiah 1:12And—you do not look on the day of your brother, || On the day of his alienation, || Nor do you rejoice over sons of Judah, || In the day of their destruction, || Nor make your mouth great in a 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 →