Read Proverbs 17:9  Have you ever had an embarrassing moment?  You felt like crawling in a hole, didn't you?  Do you remember when one of your friends had an embarrassing moment?  When a friend trips and falls and spills their drink at McDonald's your first thought is to laugh, because it is a funny situation.  But then immediately, you feel sorry for them, and you probably run over to help them up and then quickly help to clean up the mess.  That is what our verse is talking about.  It is talking about two opposite reactions to a situation.  When your friend has a problem you can either make fun of them, or you can try to help them out of the problem.  Solomon says that a true friend will help their friend out of the problem.  A false friend will laugh and tell someone else about the problem so that they will laugh too.  But when a friend sees you and another friend laughing at them, they will no longer trust you.  You have hurt their feelings.  They will no longer be your friend.  Remember, when problems come, you can either help solve the problem or you can gossip about the person who has the problem.  You can either help your friend, or you can laugh at your friend.  Actually, if you laugh at your friend, they are your former friend.  Get it?