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Proverbs 17:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 17:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 The crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold,
but it is the Lord who tests the heart.
4 An evildoer listens eagerly to wicked lips,
and a liar pays heed to a slanderous tongue.
5 Anyone who mocks the poor insults their Creator;[a]
whoever gloats at another’s distress will not go unpunished.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:5 Anyone who mocks the poor insults their Creator: see note on Prov 14:31.