Proverbs 17:9

Authorized (King James) Version

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Proverbs 17:9

21st Century King James Version

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter separateth good friends.

¹⁷A friend loveth at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.

¹⁷A friend is loving at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)