Proverbs 17:8-10

American Standard Version

⁸ A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it;
Whithersoever ^[a]it turneth, ^[b]it ^[c]prospereth.
⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
¹⁰ A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding
Than a hundred stripes into a fool.