Proverbs 17:8-10

International Children’s Bible

⁸A person might think he can pay people and they will do anything he asks.
He thinks it will succeed every time.

⁹Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend.
But the one who tells about the sin breaks up friendships.

¹⁰A wise man will learn more from a warning
than a foolish person will learn from 100 lashings.

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Proverbs 17:8-10

New International Version

⁸A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
they think success will come at every turn.^(A)

⁹Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,^(B)
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.^(C)

¹⁰A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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Proverbs 17:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)A bribe is like a magic^[a] stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
    wherever he turns he prospers.
⁹Whoever ^(B)covers an offense seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter ^(C)separates close friends.
¹⁰A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.