Proverbs 17:9 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 17:9

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מְֽכַסֶּה־	me.kha.seh-	[one who] conceals	H3680 →
פֶּ֭שַׁע	Pe.sha'	a transgression	H6588 →
מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ	me.va.Kesh	[is] seeking	H1245 →
אַהֲבָ֑ה	'a.ha.Vah	love	H160 →
וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה	ve.sho.Neh	and [one who] repeats	H8138 →
בְ֝דָבָ֗ר	ve.da.Var	<in> a matter	H1697 →
מַפְרִ֥יד	maf.Rid	[is] separating	H6504 →
אַלּֽוּף׃	'a.Luf	a close friend	H441 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:12
  Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- James 5:20
  consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Colossians 3:14
  And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
- 1 Peter 1:22
  Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Through
Psalms 32:1
Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
leads to
- Romans 4:6–8
  And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
- Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Psalms 85:2
  You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah
Through
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:8
  Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.