Proverbs 17:9

Tree of Life Version

Whoever covers up an offense seeks love. Whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

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Hatred stirs up strife but love covers up all transgressions.

Above all, keep your love for one another constant, for “love covers a multitude of sins.”

A perverse person sows strife, and a gossip separates close friends.

Of David, a contemplative song. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.

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

let him know that the one who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

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