Proverbs 17:9

New English Translation

The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

Cross References

Psalm 32:1

How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

James 5:20

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.