Proverbs 17:9
If you forgive a wrong you encourage friendship, but if you keep talking about it you'll lose your friend.
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In Context
8Whoever gives a bribe thinks it's a magical stone—that wherever they turn they'll have success!
10A reprimand hits a thinking person more than one hundred blows hit someone stupid.
Cross References
Psalms 32:1How happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Proverbs 16:28Quarrelsome people cause conflict, and a gossip comes between the closest friends.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:9
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. The design of this observation is to show, 1. That those who have money in their hand think they can do any thing with it. Rich men value a little money as if it were a precious stone, and value themselves on it as if it gave them not only ornament, but power, and every one were bound to be at their beck, even justice itself. Whithersoever they turn this sparkling diamond they expect it should dazzle the eyes… Read the whole commentary →