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Proverbs 17:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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

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

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

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