7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: Much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10A reproof entereth more into a wise man Than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 17
Proverbs 17:7-11