Proverbs 17:9

New King James Version

⁹^(A)He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But ^(B)he who repeats a matter separates friends.

Proverbs 17:9

Authorized (King James) Version

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

¹⁷^(A)A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

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

New King James Version (NKJV)

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

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