Proverbs 17:9-11

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⁹ If you forgive people when they hurt you,
    they will still love you.
But if you continue to talk about what they have done,
    they will no longer be your friends.
¹⁰ You can warn a wise person once and he will learn what is right.
    But a fool never learns, even if you hit him a hundred times.
¹¹ An evil person never obeys authority,
    so a cruel messenger will come to punish him.