Proverbs 17:5-9 Good News Bible (GNB)

5. If you laugh at poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.

6. Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.

7. Respected people do not tell lies, and fools have nothing worthwhile to say.

8. Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.

9. If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.

Proverbs 17