Proverbs 17:5-11

English Standard Version

⁵ Whoever mocks the poor ^(A)insults his Maker;
    he who is ^(B)glad at calamity will not go ^(C)unpunished.
^6 (D)Grandchildren are ^(E)the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.
⁷ Fine speech is not ^(F)becoming to a fool;
    still less is ^(G)false speech to a prince.
^8 (H)A bribe is like a magic^[a] stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
    wherever he turns he prospers.
⁹ Whoever ^(I)covers an offense seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter ^(J)separates close friends.
¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.
¹¹ An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and ^(K)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.