Proverbs 17:5  Have you ever made fun of someone?  It is easy to pick on someone who is not able to defend themselves.  They may walk with a have a limp.  They may wear thick glasses.  Our verse talks about someone who is poor.  One of the kids on your baseball team may not have much money.  He may not have a great bat and glove like you do.  Some of the other boys may make fun of him because he is poor.  But Solomon says that when someone makes fun of someone else, he is making fun of their Maker.  Who made the poor child?  Did you have a choice about what family you were going to be born into?  Did the poor child have a choice about what family he was going to be born into?  When you make fun of another person God sees and knows.  When you are glad when something bad happens to someone else, God sees and knows.  Don’t be mean to others.  After all, God sees us and He remembers when we mess up and need His help.  How do you think the Lord feels when we make fun of one of His children?