Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
Proverbs 17:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- KJV
- Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.unpunished: Heb. held innocent
- WEB
- Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
- ASV
- Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
- LSV
- Whoever is mocking at the poor || Has reproached his Maker, || Whoever is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
- YLT
- Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
- DBY
- Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.
- DRC
- He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man’s ruin, shall not be unpunished.
- GNV
- Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.
- JPS
- Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
- LXXE
- 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.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ שָׂמֵ֥חַ לְ֝אֵ֗יד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ καταγελῶν πτωχοῦ παροξύνει τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸν, ὁ δὲ ἐπιχαίρων ἀπολλυμένῳ οὐκ ἀθωωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ἐπισπλαγχνιζόμενος ἐλεηθήσεται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Job 31:29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
- 1 John 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
- Obadiah 1:11–13On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of…
- Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Proverbs 24:17–18Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
- Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
- Obadiah 1:16For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).