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Proverbs 17:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.

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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 spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

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

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;

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

Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.