An evildoer gives heed to false lips;
A liar listens eagerly to a [a]spiteful tongue.

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

(C)Children’s children are the crown of old men,
And the glory of children is their father.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:4 Lit. destructive

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