Mishle 17:8-10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁸ A shochad (gift, bribe) is like a charm in the eynayim of him that hath it: wherever he turneth, he prospereth.

⁹ He that covereth a peysha (transgression) seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth the best of friends.

¹⁰ Ge’arah (scolding) goeth deeper into a meiven than a hundred blows into a kesil (fool).