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Proverbs 17:9

Proverbs 17:9 is verse 9 of Proverbs chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

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

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

Proverbs 17:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

8 A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

10 A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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

Psalms 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.

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