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Proverbs 17:9-11
English Standard Version Anglicised
Proverbs 17:9-11
English Standard Version Anglicised
9 Whoever (A)covers an offence seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter (B)separates close friends.
10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and (C)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:9-11
New International Version
Proverbs 17:9-11
New International Version
9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,(A)
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.(B)
10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
the messenger of death will be sent against them.
Proverbs 17:9-11
King James Version
Proverbs 17:9-11
King James Version
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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