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Proverbs 17:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Whoever conceals an offence promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

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Hatred stirs up conflicts, but love covers all offences.

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. ,

A contrary person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,

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

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.