Proverbs 17:5

“Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker, etc.] 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 reproaches his Creator; or, as the Targum, “provokes his Creator to anger;” him who is his own Creator as well as the poor man’s; him who made the poor man, both as a man and as a poor man; and who could have made him rich if he would, as well as the man that mocks at him; whose riches are not of himself, but of God; and who can take them away, and give them to the poor man if he pleases; and therefore rich men should be careful how they mock the poor; for, as Gersom observes, he that derides a work…”

“(Compare Pro 14:31). glad at calamities--rejoicing in others' evil. Such are rightly punished by God, who knows their hearts.”

“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 Proverbs 31:13, Proverbs 31:29. return to 'Top of Page'”

“17:5 To make fun of what God created is to mock God.”

“mocketh: Pro 14:21, Pro 14:31; Psa 69:9; Jo1 3:17 and: Pro 24:17, Pro 24:18; Job 31:29; Jer 17:16; Oba 1:11-13, Oba 1:16; Rom 12:15 unpunished: Heb. held innocent, Pro 16:5 \*marg. Proverbs 17:6”