American Standard Version of 1901
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above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Hatred stirreth up strifes;But love covereth all transgressions.
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
{Or, covereth Compare 1 Peter 4:8.}beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
(and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of {Or, The Upright}Jashar):
{Or, The gazelle}Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places!How are the mighty fallen!
Tell it not in Gath,Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon;Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Hatred stirreth up strifes;But love covereth all transgressions.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips;And {Hebrew: falsehood.}a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
A worthless man {Hebrew: diggeth.}deviseth mischief;And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;And a whisperer {Or, alienateth his friend}separateth chief friends.
But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;