Proverbs 17:8-10

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⁸ ·Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask [^LA bribe is a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it].
·They think it will work every time [^LIt grants success to all who use it].

⁹ ·Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend [^LOne who seeks love conceals an offense],
but ·gossiping about the sin [repeating a thing] breaks up friendships.

¹⁰ A wise person will learn more from a ·warning [rebuke]
than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.