| Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. | Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. |
| Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. | And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. |
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| One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. | He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
| No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. | No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. |
| Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult. | A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. |
| No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. | He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. |
