Proverbs 17:9

The Scriptures 1998

He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.

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Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.

And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins.

A perverse man sends forth strife, And a whisperer separates intimate friends.

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

Love is patient, is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, is not puffed up,

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a life from death and cover a great number of sins.

Reproof enters deeper into a wise man Than a hundred blows on a fool.