Proverbs 17:7-9

Authorized (King James) Version

⁷ Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
    much less do lying lips a prince.

⁸ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
    whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

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