Proverbs 17:5

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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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 . Th...
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 1...
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 ( Ja...
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 pl...
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 h...
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 accompanie...
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:...
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 ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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. Dro...
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 ea...
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 clot...
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, &...
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...
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 gre...
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 assertio...
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...
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 fu...
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 th...
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...

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.b

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 17:5