Proverbs 17:9-11

New International Reader's Version

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.

¹¹ An evil person tries to keep others from obeying God.
    The messenger of death will be sent against them.