Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3680 [e] מְֽכַסֶּה־ mə-ḵas-seh- He who covers V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms 6588 [e] פֶּ֭שַׁע pe-ša‘ a transgression N-ms 1245 [e] מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ mə-ḇaq-qêš seeks V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms 160 [e] אַהֲבָ֑ה ’a-hă-ḇāh; love N-fs 8138 [e] וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה wə-šō-neh but he who repeats Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 1697 [e] בְ֝דָבָ֗ר ḇə-ḏā-ḇār, a matter Prep-b | N-ms 6504 [e] מַפְרִ֥יד map̄-rîḏ separates V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms 441 [e] אַלּֽוּף׃ ’al-lūp̄. friends N-ms

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.

that covereth

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.

Psalm 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity …

seeketh

Proverbs 16:28 A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.

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