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Whoever overlooks an offense fosters friendship,
    but whoever gossips about it separates friends.[a]

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  1. 17:9 A paradox. One finds (love, friend) by concealing (an offense), one loses (a friend) by revealing (a secret). In 10:12 love also covers over a multitude of offenses.

遮掩别人过犯的,得到人的喜爱;

屡次提起别人过错的,离间亲密的朋友。

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