Proverbs 17:9
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
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that covereth

Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Psalm 32:1
Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered!

1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

seeketh

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.

King James Bible
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

International Standard Version
Anyone who overlooks an offense promotes love, but someone who gossips separates close friends.

NET Bible
The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that conceals an evil seeks friendship and he that hates to conceal separates from a close friend.
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