Whoever mocks the poor(A) shows contempt for their Maker;(B)
    whoever gloats over disaster(C) will not go unpunished.(D)

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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 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
    the messenger of death will be sent against them.

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

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13 Evil will never leave the house
    of one who pays back evil(A) for good.(B)

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

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Footnotes

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

26 If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,(A)
    surely to flog honest officials is not right.

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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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