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Proverbs 17:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 17:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.(A)
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their parents.(B)
7 Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a ruler.[a]
Footnotes
- 17.7 Or a noble
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