Proverbs 17:8-10

Young's Literal Translation

⁸ A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

⁹ Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

¹⁰ Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.