Proverbs 17:9KJV

7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

8A gift a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth friends.

10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

11An evil seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.