Proverbs 17:9-12 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

9. Whoever would foster love covers over an offence,but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

10. A rebuke impresses a discerning personmore than a hundred lashes a fool.

11. Evildoers foster rebellion against God;the messenger of death will be sent against them.

12. Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubsthan a fool bent on folly.

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