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Anyone who mocks the poor insults their Creator;[a]
    whoever gloats at another’s distress will not go unpunished.
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their parents.
Fine words are not becoming to a fool,
    and much less are false words to a noble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:5 Anyone who mocks the poor insults their Creator: see note on Prov 14:31.