Proverbs 17:9

English Standard Version 2016

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

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Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

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

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

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

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