Proverbs 17:9

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. HE THAT COVERETH A TRANSGRESSION SEEKETH LOVE - (.) Promoteth love (cf. ; ). We ought to 'cover' a fault when the glory of God and the good of our neighbour and of the commonweal do not require its publication. BUT HE THAT REPEATETH A MATTER SEPARATETH (VERY) FRIENDS. "Repeateth" - i:e., reviveth the remembrance of some injury or cause of quarrel which ought to be consigned to oblivion; or repeats to another some transgression which ought, for love's sake, rather to have been 'covered' ()....

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 leads a man to dwell with irritating iteration on a past offence instead of burying it in oblivion. SEPARATETH VERY FRIENDS - Better, alienateth his chief friend. The tale-bearer works injury to himself....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) BETTER (sweeter) IS A DRY MORSEL, AND QUIETNESS THEREWITH. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water before it was eaten. Thus Boaz bid Ruth "dip her morsel in the vinegar" (Ruth 2:14); thus Jesus gave the sop to Judas when he had dipped it (John 13:26). The Septuagint is pleonastic, "Better is a morsel with joy in peace." Ab

HE THAT COVERETH A TRANSGRESSION SEEKETH LOVE,.... He that hides the transgression of another, or of his friend, committed against himself or against another, which he is privy to; but the matter being made up, and the offence forgiven, he forgets it, and no more speaks of it to his friend, or upbraids him with it, nor spreads it among others: such a man shows that he loves his friend, and is desirous that love and friendship should be continued; and this is the way to continue it; and a man that thus seeks it finds it. Or it may be rendered, "he covereth a transgression who seeketh love" i; for "love covereth all things", Proverbs 10:12; BUT HE THAT REPEATETH A MATTER; the matter of the transgression, the thing that has given the offence; that rakes it up again, when it has been covered; upbraids his friend with it, when it has been passed over and forgiven; will fre

CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs 17:3). Man may try silver and gold, but God only the hearts. And He tries the hearts by the refining process, trials and afflictions, the process which rests in His own hands. (See Psalms 66:10; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7 .) “He that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends” (Proverbs 17:9). To

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 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test of friendship (Proverbs 17:17): also the subject of suretyship, dealt with in Proverbs 6:1, is resumed (Proverbs 17:18). PROVERBS 17:1. For the connexion betwee

TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. VERY FRIENDS. true friends....

_repeateth_ i.e. brings it up again and again, _harpeth on it_, as R.V. happily renders. Comp. Proverbs 26:11, "a fool repeateth his folly," R.V.; "Heb. iterateth his folly," A.V. marg. _very friends_ Rather, CHIEF FRIENDS, as the word is rendered, Proverbs 16:28....

CHAPTER 17 TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10 1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. 2. A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren. 3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts. 4. An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. 6. Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers. 7. Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince, 8. A bribe is as a precious

17:9 again (a-14) Or 'repeateth a matter.'...