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 miseries of other men.
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Proverbs 17:5
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.b