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Let them mock, scoff and revile, 'tis not thy scorn, but his that made thee so; he that mocketh the poor, reproacheth him that made him, Prov. xi.
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He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him that made him.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him that made him.
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Voluptuousness: unto all hair – shirted despisers of the body, a sting and stake; and, cursed as “the world,” by all backworldsmen: for it mocketh and befooleth all erring, misinferring teachers.
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Did my wisdom perhaps speak secretly to it, my laughing, wide – awake day – wisdom, which mocketh at all “infinite worlds”?
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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17. 1999
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