5 He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:5
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 5
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He who mocks לֹעֵ֣ג H3932 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the poor לָ֭רָשׁ H7326 Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular insults חֵרֵ֣ף H2778 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular their Maker עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular whoever gloats שָׂמֵ֥חַ H8056 Adjective - masculine singular over calamity לְ֝אֵ֗יד H343 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle go unpunished יִנָּקֶֽה׃ H5352 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular