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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 17:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Whoso mocketh [03932] the poor [07326] reproacheth [02778] his Maker [06213]: and he that is glad [08056] at calamities [0343] shall not be unpunished [05352]. |
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King James |
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Pro 14:31).
glad at calamities--rejoicing in others' evil. Such are rightly punished by God, who knows their hearts. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| He that is glad at calamities - A temper common at all times as the most hateful form of evil; the Greek ἐπιχαιρεκακία epichairekakia. The sins spoken of in both clauses occur also in Job's vindication of his integrity Pro 31:13, Pro 31:29. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He 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. |
31 He that oppresseth [06231] the poor [01800] reproacheth [02778] his Maker [06213]: but he that honoureth [03513] him hath mercy [02603] on the poor [034].
29 Many [07227] daughters [01323] have done [06213] virtuously [02428], but thou excellest [05927] them all.
13 She seeketh [01875] wool [06785], and flax [06593], and worketh [06213] willingly [02656] with her hands [03709].