Proverbs 17:8-10

International Children’s Bible

⁸A person might think he can pay people and they will do anything he asks.
He thinks it will succeed every time.

⁹Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend.
But the one who tells about the sin breaks up friendships.

¹⁰A wise man will learn more from a warning
than a foolish person will learn from 100 lashings.

Proverbs 17:8-10

King James Version

⁸A gift is as 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 very friends.

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

⁸A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
they think success will come at every turn.^(A)

⁹Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,^(B)
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.^(C)

¹⁰A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.

⁸A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

⁹^(A)He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But ^(B)he who repeats a matter separates friends.

¹⁰^(C)Rebuke is more effective for a wise man
Than a hundred blows on a fool.

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