7Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!
8A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of him who taketh it; Whithersoever it turneth it hath success.
9He who covereth an offence seeketh love; But he who recurreth to a matter removeth a friend.
10A reproof will penetrate deeper into a wise man Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore shall a cruel messenger be sent against him.
12Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17
Proverbs 17:7-12