Proverbs 17:7-10

7Excellent speech becometh not a vile [man]; how much less do lying lips a noble!

8A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.

9He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up again separateth very friends.

10A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.