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Proverbs 17:5
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Proverbs 17:5
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
5*†Whoso mocketh the poore, reproacheth his maker: and he that is glad at calamities, shall not be vnpunished.
- Heb. held innocent.
- Chap.14.13.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 17:5
To ridicule or treat with scorn; also an imitation or false appearance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
reproacheth
Shame; infamy; disgrace. That which is the cause of shame or disgrace.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
One who makes, forms, creates, prepares, or brings something into being; in references to God, the Creator.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
calamities
Great misfortunes, disasters, or causes of deep distress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
unpunished
Not punished; suffered to pass without punishment or with impunity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Open the full verse study29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
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Open the full verse study17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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Open the full verse study11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
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Open the full verse study21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
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Open the full verse study5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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Open the full verse study17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
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Open the full verse study15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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Open the full verse study9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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Open the full verse study16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
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Open the full verse study16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
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