Proverbs 17:8-10

Modern English Version

⁸ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it;
    wherever he turns, it prospers.

⁹ He who covers a transgression seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

¹⁰ A reproof enters deeper into a wise man
    than a hundred stripes into a fool.