Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Proverbs 17:9:
Proverbs 2:17
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