5He 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 mocksלֹעֵ֣גH3932Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe poorלָ֭רָשׁH7326Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularinsultsחֵרֵ֣ףH2778Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singulartheir Makerעֹשֵׂ֑הוּH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularwhoever gloatsשָׂמֵ֥חַH8056Adjective - masculine singularover calamityלְ֝אֵ֗ידH343Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructwill notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlego unpunishedיִנָּקֶֽה׃H5352Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular