(A)He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
(B)He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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31 (A)He who oppresses the poor reproaches (B)his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

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17 But (A)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

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(A)Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Though they join [a]forces, none will go unpunished.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit. hand to hand

29 “If(A) I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
Or lifted myself up when evil found him

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11 In the day that you (A)stood on the other side—
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And (B)cast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.

12 “But you should not have (C)gazed[a] on the day of your brother
[b]In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have (D)rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
13 You should not have entered the gate of My people
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have [c]gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laid hands on their substance
In the day of their calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 Gloated over
  2. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. On the day he became a foreigner
  3. Obadiah 1:13 Gloated over

21 He who despises his neighbor sins;
(A)But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

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17 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Lest the Lord see it, and [a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:18 Lit. it be evil in His eyes

16 As for me, (A)I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day;
You know what came out of my lips;
It was right there before You.

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(A)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
(B)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

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16 (A)For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.

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