The Bible › Rotherham Emphasised Bible › Proverbs 17
Proverbs 17:9
He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.
Proverbs 17:9 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
← PreviousRead Proverbs 17Next →
Proverbs 17:9 in other translations
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
6 The crown of old men, consists of children’s children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.
7 Unseemly in an unworthy man, is the lip of excellence, much more, in one of noble mind, the lip of falsehood.
8 A gift, in the eyes of its owner, is, a stone of beauty, whithersoever it turneth, it bringeth prosperity.
9 He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.
10 A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
11 Nothing less than rebellion, doth a wicked man seek, and, a relentless messenger, shall be sent out against him.
12 Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly!
Read Proverbs 17 in the app The whole chapter