Proverbs 17:9-11

⁹If you want people to like/love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they do to you. If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends.

¹⁰Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them than hitting them 100 times with a stick.

¹¹Because wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them.