1 Peter 4:8; Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 16:28; Psalms 32:1
Seeketh love - i. e., Takes the course which leads to his gaining it. He that repeateth a matter - The warning is directed against that which...
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] (d) friends. (d) He that admonishes the prince of hi...
Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 1...
transgression. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44. very friends . true friends.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. He that covereth a transgression seeke...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanie...
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love — i.e., one who does not notice, but rather conceals and excuses, anything done against him; that m...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the ma...
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hat...
Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dro...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ea...
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love ,.... He that hides the transgression of another, or of his friend, committed against himself or again...
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends. Ver. 9. He that covereth a transgression,...
He that covereth a transgression That passes by and buries in oblivion a transgression that hath been committed against himself; or that concealeth...
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Note, 1. The way to prese...
That covereth a transgression; that concealeth, as far as he may, other men's faults against himself, or against their friends. Seeketh, i.e. fin...
The Follies Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:8-16 ). The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and this now leads on to considera...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:9 . Repeateth a matter . Most expositors understand this repetition to refer to a revival of a past wrong, but Miller...
Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the fu...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
v. 9. He that covereth a transgression, in a kindly and charitable manner avoiding the spread of evil reports, seeketh love, exercising it in a p...
Covereth — That conceals as far as he may, other mens faults.
9 He that covereth a transgression seekethe love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.