Proverbs 17:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ Whoever covers up an offense seeks love. Whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Common English Bible

⁹ One who seeks love conceals an offense, but one who repeats it divides friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.

Proverbs 17:9 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 32:1

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

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife but love covers up all transgressions.

Proverbs 16:28

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

Proverbs 17:10

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

1 Corinthians 13:4

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

James 5:20

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.

1 Peter 4:8

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