Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. |
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. | And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
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Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. | He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends. |
No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. | No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. |
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. | Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. |
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. | A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent. |
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. | He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. |