Proverbs 17:9

New Century Version

Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend, but gossiping about the sin breaks up friendships.

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Hatred stirs up trouble, but love forgives all wrongs.

Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause people to forgive each other for many sins.

A useless person causes trouble, and a gossip ruins friendships.

Happy is the person whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.

remember this: Anyone who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner’s soul from death and will cause many sins to be forgiven.

A wise person will learn more from a warning than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.