Proverbs 17:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.b ”

• Proverbs 17:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 ), the value of adversity as...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  mocketh. Illustrations: princes of Judah ( Isaiah 3:14 ; Isaiah 3:15 ; Isaiah 10:1 ; Isaiah 10:2 . Jeremiah 34:10 ; Jeremiah 34:11 ); rich ( James 5:4 ). the poor . a needy one. Hebrew. rush...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. He that is glad at calamity - He who is pleased to hear of the misfortune of another will, i...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker ( Proverbs 14:31 ); and he that is glad...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker. — See above on Proverbs 14:31 . He that is glad at calamities. — Of enemies. (Comp. Proverbs 24:18 ; Job 31:29 .)

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than t...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repr...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker ,.... He that mocks the poor for his poverty, Upbraids him with his mean appearance, scoffs at the clothes he wears or food he eats, such an one reproach...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Ver. 5. He that mocketh the poor, &c. ] See Trapp on " Pro 14:31 " And he that...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whoso mocketh the poor See on Proverbs 14:31 ; and he that is glad at calamities At the miseries of other men; shall not be unpunished The cup shall be put into his hands, Ezekiel 25:6-7 .

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.       See here, 1. What a great sin those are guilty of who trample upon the po...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Mocketh the poor; derideth or reproacheth him with or for his poverty. His Maker; God, who by his providence made him poor. See the same assertion Proverbs 14:31 . At calamities; at the mise...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:5 A DOUBLE REVELATION I. Revealing crime . He who mocketh the poor reveals his own character . If we find one brother of a family mocking another brother, we fe...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace (or crucible) for gold. Silver ores in Me...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water be...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor, treating him with contempt on account of his lowly position, reproacheth his Maker, for the Lord gave the poor his station in life; and he that is glad at calamitie...

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• Proverbs 17:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:17 ; Jeremiah 17:16 ; Job 31:29 ; Obadiah 1:11-13 ; Obadiah 1:16 ; Proverbs 14:21 ; Proverbs 14:31 ; Proverbs 16:5 ; Proverbs 24:17 ; Proverbs 24:18 ; Psalms 69:9 ; Romans 12:15...

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