7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool;
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Fluency is incompatible with fools.
Lies are even worse for rulers.
6 Children’s children are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children.
PCDC Commentary
Children enjoy their parents.
Grandparents enjoy their grandchildren.
5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;
whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
P C D C Commentary. Reveling, in the suffering, of others will be, punished.
PCDC Commentary
Reveling in the suffering of others
will be punished.
The Wicked And The Liar
Proverbs 17:4
A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
PCdc Commentary
The Wicked and the Liar have this in common:
They savor calumny.
The Crucible, The Furnace, And The Lord
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
PCdc Commentary
The Lord is compared to a crucible and a furnace.
The heart is compared to silver and gold.
The Lord will purify your heart and reveal its true value.
Scary stuff.
