Proverbs 10:12
World English Bible
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all wrongs.
Proverbs 10:12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 Hatred stirs up contentions, but love covers all transgressions.
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Proverbs 17:9
World English Bible
9 He who covers an offense promotes love;
but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
Proverbs 17:9
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
9 He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.
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1 Peter 4:8
World English Bible
8 And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
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1 Peter 4:8
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
8 Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and [a]disregards the offenses of others].(A)
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- 1 Peter 4:8 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
James 5:19-20
World English Bible
19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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James 5:19-20
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
19 [My] brethren, if anyone among you strays from the Truth and falls into error and another [person] brings him back [to God],
20 Let the [latter] one be sure that whoever turns a sinner from his evil course will save [that one’s] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins [[a]procure the pardon of the many sins committed by the convert].
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- James 5:20 Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary and many other translators.
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