The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: a prince.
PRO 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
PRO 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
PRO 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred
stripes into a fool.
PRO 17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel
messenger shall be sent against him.
PRO 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a
fool in his folly.
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