Proverbs 17:9 He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
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They have lasted through the stings that come
within a marriage and have stood the passing of time!
Marriage is a life committed to promoting love!
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Yesterday's verse was similar in that what we do and how we respond affects our relationships. Here we see how friendship is destroyed when we retaliate in kind. When we were wronged we practiced the proverbial "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". This is not a proper exegesis of the verse, but it is widely used as such. God says, It is mine to avenge (Romans 12:19).
A and K, when you "get back" at someone for what they have done, you become God over that situation. Learn to let bygones be bygones (Abredeen 1636), meaning 'let the unpleasantness between us become a thing of the past'. Daughters, treat friendships with love and care and be willing to cover over any hurts and the sting of words. When you do, you will find that they will last throughout the passing of time.
~Dad
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