Proverbs 17:9

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

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“He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.”Proverbs 17:9

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In context · Proverbs 17

8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

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

10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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In Latin · Latin Vulgate (Clementine)

“Qui celat delictum quærit amicitias; qui altero sermone repetit, separat fœderatos.”

Proverbia 17:9

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