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Proverbs 17:9
Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
Proverbs 17:9 · Young's Literal Translation
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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.
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In context
6 Sons' sons are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons are their fathers.
7 Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
8 A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
10 Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
12 The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And--not a fool in his folly.
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