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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.

He who forgives an offense seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.

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If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.

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One who (A)conceals an offense seeks love,
But one who repeats a matter (B)separates close friends.

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Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,(A)
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.(B)

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