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He who mocks the poor insults him who made him;
    he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
The crown of the elderly are grandchildren,[a]
    and the glory of children is their fathers.
Fine speech[b] is not becoming a fool,
    still less[c] is false speech[d] for a ruler.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:6 Literally “sons of sons”
  2. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “A lip of fineness
  3. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “only for”
  4. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “lip of deceit”