A reward is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that have it: it prospereth, whithersoever it [a]turneth.

He that covereth a transgression, seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter, separateth the [b]prince.

10 A reproof entereth more into him that hath understanding, than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:8 The reward hath great force to gain the hearts of men.
  2. Proverbs 17:9 He that admonisheth the prince of his fault, maketh him his enemy.

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