Whoever mocks the poor (A)insults his Maker;
    he who is (B)glad at calamity will not go (C)unpunished.

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Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker,
    and whoever is happy about disaster
        will not go unpunished.

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11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and (A)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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11 A rebellious person seeks evil;
    a cruel emissary will be sent to oppose him.

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13 If anyone (A)returns evil for good,
    (B)evil will not depart from his house.

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13 The person who repays good with evil
    will never see[a] evil leave his home.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 17:13 The Heb. lacks will see

26 (A)To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
    nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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26 Furthermore, it isn’t good to fine the righteous,
    or to beat an official because of his uprightness.

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