An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.
17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests the hearts.
17:4 An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.
17:5 He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.