Proverbs 17:5

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

He who despises his neighbor sins,
But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,

And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
Nor have I longed for the woeful day;

You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips

Was in Your presence.

“On the day that you stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem—

You too were as one of them.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,

And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;