Proverbs 17:5
Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4An evil doer 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 14:21Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
Proverbs 16:5An abomination to Jehovah [is] every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.
Jeremiah 17:16And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou — Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,
Obadiah 1:10For slaughter, for violence [to] thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off — to the age.
Obadiah 1:12And — thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth 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 →