A wicked person listens to malicious talk;[a]
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(B)

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of children is their fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:4 Lit to lips of iniquity

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