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Proverbs 17:3-6 Amplified Bible (AMP)

3. The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. [Ps. 26:2; Prov. 27:21; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.]

4. An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.

5. Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished. [Job 31:29; Prov. 14:31; Obad. 12.]

6. Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers. [Ps. 127:3; 128:3.]