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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:9 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 17:9	Strong Concordance	He that covereth [03680] a transgression [06588] seeketh [01245] love [0160]; but he that repeateth [08138] a matter [01697] separateth [06504] very friends [0441].
	King James	He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
seeketh love--(Compare Margin). The contrast is between the peace-maker and tale-bearer.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

seeketh love--(Compare Margin). The contrast is between the peace-maker and tale-bearer.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Seeketh love - i. e., Takes the course which leads to his gaining it. He that repeateth a matter - The warning is directed against that which leads a man to dwell with irritating iteration on a past offence instead of burying it in oblivion. Separateth very friends - Better, alienateth his chief friend. The tale-bearer works injury to himself.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Seeketh love - i. e., Takes the course which leads to his gaining it.

He that repeateth a matter - The warning is directed against that which leads a man to dwell with irritating iteration on a past offence instead of burying it in oblivion.

Separateth very friends - Better, alienateth his chief friend. The tale-bearer works injury to himself.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Covereth - That conceals as far as he may, other mens faults.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Covereth - That conceals as far as he may, other mens faults.

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