Proverbs 17:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.

American Standard Version (1901)

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Common English Bible

One who seeks love conceals an offense, but one who repeats it divides friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that concealeth a transgression, seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.

Proverbs 17:9 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 32:1

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;

James 5:20

let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.