Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
“He who laughs at the poor irritates his creator.” Why? Because God is the creator of the poor. Who is so cruel, who is so inhuman, that when he should be moved to compassion he laughs instead? Certainly this too will have to be punished. That person will perish because he sins against the high and wise providence of God. Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, Fragment
