Proverbs 17:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Common English Bible

⁹ One who seeks love conceals an offense, but one who repeats it divides friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ He that concealeth a transgression, seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.

Proverbs 17:9 Cross References

Psalm 32:1

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

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes: But love covereth all transgressions.

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man scattereth abroad strife: And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than an hundred stripes into a fool.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

James 5:20

let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins: