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

Hatred stirs up strife but love covers up all transgressions.

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

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

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.

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