Proverbs
Chapters 17:9-15
New International Version Anglicized
9Whoever would foster love covers over an offence,but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
10A rebuke impresses a discerning personmore than a hundred lashes a fool.
11Evildoers foster rebellion against God;the messenger of death will be sent against them.
12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubsthan a fool bent on folly.
13Evil will never leave the houseof one who pays back evil for good.
14Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent –the Lord detests them both.