Proverbs 17:8-10

New Century Version

⁸ Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask.
    They think it will work every time.

⁹ Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend,
    but gossiping about the sin breaks up friendships.

¹⁰ A wise person will learn more from a warning
    than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.