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Proverbs 17:9

King James Version - American Edition

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

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.