Proverbs 17:9

In context

7Fine speech does not suit the godless fool—much less do lying lips a noble. 8A bribe is a charmed stone in the eyes of its owner: wherever he turns, he succeeds. 9Whoever covers over an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. 10A rebuke sinks deeper into a discerning man than a hundred blows into a fool. 11A rebel seeks nothing but evil, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.