Proverbs 17:9
He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: anywhere it turns, it prospers.
10A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Cross References
Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Proverbs 16:28A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:9
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. The design of this observation is to show, 1. That those who have money in their hand think they can do any thing with it. Rich men value a little money as if it were a precious stone, and value themselves on it as if it gave them not only ornament, but power, and every one were bound to be at their beck, even justice itself. Whithersoever they turn this sparkling diamond they expect it should dazzle the eyes… Read the whole commentary →