Proverbs 17:8-15

⁸A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.

¹⁰A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹A rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

¹²Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

¹³Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

¹⁴The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.

¹⁵He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to the LORD.