English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:5
5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.
Context of Proverbs 17:5
3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. 4An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. 6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. 7Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
Read all of Proverbs 17Proverbs 17:5 word by word
לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ שָׂמֵ֥חַ לְ֝אֵ֗יד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 17:5
- Proverbs 14:21Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.
- Psalms 69:9For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
- 1 John 3:17But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
- Proverbs 24:17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
- Job 31:29"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
- Jeremiah 17:16I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face.
- Obadiah 1:11On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
- Romans 16:5Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.
Commentaries on Proverbs 17:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He that is glad at calamity - He who is pleased to hear of the misfortune of another will, in the course of God's just government, have his own multiplied.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He that is glad at calamities - A temper common at all times as the most hateful form of evil; the Greek ̓́ epichairekakiaThe sins spoken of in both clauses occur also in Job‘s vindication of his integrity Proverbs 31:13, Proverbs 31:29.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5Verse 5 Those that laugh at poverty, treat God's providence and precepts with contempt.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Mocking what God created is the same as mocking God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Compare Pr 14:31). glad at calamities--rejoicing in others' evil. Such are rightly punished by God, who knows their hearts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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