Proverbs 17:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ Those who give money think it will buy them favors.
    They think that no matter where they turn, they will succeed.

⁹ Whoever wants to show love forgives a wrong.
    But those who talk about it separate close friends.

¹⁰ A person who understands what is right learns more from just a warning
    than a foolish person learns from 100 strokes with a whip.