Proverbs 17:8-10

Revised Standard Version

⁸ A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it;
    wherever he turns he prospers.
⁹ He who forgives an offense seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.