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Proverbs 17:9

Modern English Version

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates the best of friends.

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

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

One rebuke goes deeper into a wise man than a hundred blows into a fool.

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love flaunts not itself and is not puffed up,

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

Above all things, have unfailing love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.