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Lexicon :: Strong's H3680 - kāsâ

Aa
כָּסָה
Transliteration
kāsâ
Pronunciation
kaw-saw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1008

Strong’s Definitions

כָּסָה kâçâh, kaw-saw'; a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy):—clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x

The KJV translates Strong's H3680 in the following manner: cover (135x), hide (6x), conceal (4x), covering (2x), overwhelmed (2x), clad (1x), closed (1x), clothed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x
The KJV translates Strong's H3680 in the following manner: cover (135x), hide (6x), conceal (4x), covering (2x), overwhelmed (2x), clad (1x), closed (1x), clothed (1x).

  1. to cover, conceal, hide

    1. (Qal) conceal, covered (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be covered

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cover, clothe

      2. to cover, conceal

      3. to cover (for protection)

      4. to cover over, spread over

      5. to cover, overwhelm

    4. (Pual)

      1. to be covered

      2. to be clothed

    5. (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּסָה kâçâh, kaw-saw'; a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy):—clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780.
STRONGS H3680: Abbreviations
† I. [כָּסָה] verb cover (Late Hebrew כָּסָה Pi; Aramaic כְּסָא chiefly Pa; bdb049101 Pa. hide, cover; bdb049102 covering, bdb049103 garment; Arabic bdb049104 (bdb049105) clothe, bdb049106 garment; Assyrian kusû, cover: kusîtu, garment DlHWB 342) —
Qal, only Participle active כֹּסֶה; —
1. conceal shame Proverbs 12:16; knowledge Proverbs 12:23.
2. passive (construct) כְּסוּי חֲטָאָה Psalm 32:1 covered in respect of sin (by God, which he thus puts out of sight) (|| נְשׂוּ־פֶּשַׁע).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִכְסָ֑תָּה, covered, with waves Jeremiah 51:42; Infinitive construct הִכָּסוֺת Ezekiel 24:8, (blood) not to be covered.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כִּסָּה Numbers 9:15 + 12 times; suffix כִּסָּהוּ Leviticus 17:13; Numbers 17:7; כִּסָּמוֺ Exodus 15:10; 3rd person feminine singular כִּסְּתָה Genesis 38:15 + 5 times; 1st person singular כִּסִּיתִי Psalm 32:5 + 3 times; כִּסֵּתִי Ezekiel 31:15 (strike out Co); כִּסֵּיתִי Ezekiel 32:7 + 13 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְכַסֶּה Isaiah 6:2 + 8 times; וַיְכַס Exodus 10:15 + 4 times; suffix יְכַסֶּ֑דָּ Habakkuk 2:17; יְכַסֶּנָּה Ezekiel 30:18; 3rd person masculine plural suffix יְכַסְיֻמוּ Exodus 15:5 + 41 times Imperfect; Imperative suffix כַּסּוּנוּ Hosea 10:8; Infinitive construct כַּסּוֺת Malachi 2:13 + 11 times; כַּסֹּת Numbers 4:15; suffix כַּסֹּתוֺ Exodus 26:13; Participle מְכַסֶּה Proverbs 10:18 + 12 times; plural מְכַסִּים Isaiah 11:9; feminine plural מְכַסּוֺת Ezekiel 1:11, 23 (twice in verse); —
1. cover, clothe Judges 4:19; Ezekiel 16:10 (2 accusative), Ezekiel 16:18; Jonah 3:6 is apparently reflexive, with accusative of garment (strange; read perhaps וַיִּכָּס); nakedness Genesis 9:23 (J), Exodus 28:42 (P), Ezekiel 16:8; Hosea 2:11; the naked Isaiah 58:7; Ezekiel 18:7, 16 (+ accusative of thing); the face and legs of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse); bodies of cherubim Ezekiel 1:11, 23 (twice in verse); the face Genesis 38:15 (J), Ezekiel 12:6, 12, figurative Job 23:17; earth with the great deep Psalm 104:6; heavens with glory Habakkuk 3:3; with בְּ of the clothing Genesis 38:14 (J), Deuteronomy 22:12, these two apparently reflexive, compare Jonah 3:6 above; Judges 4:18; 1 Kings 1:1; heaven with clouds Psalm 147:8, with glory Ezekiel 32:7.
2. cover, conceal blood Genesis 37:26 (J), Job 16:18; human ordure Deuteronomy 23:14; mountains conceal men from God Hosea 10:8; cover transgressions Job 31:33; Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 28:13; iniquity Psalm 32:5; righteousness Psalm 40:11; hatred Proverbs 10:18; a thing Proverbs 11:13; face of judge so that he cannot see justice Job 9:24; rulers and seers Isaiah 29:10; with בְּ of covering Leviticus 17:13 (H), 1 Samuel 19:13; face by fat Job 15:27; sun by a cloud Ezekiel 32:7; with מִן from whom Genesis 18:17 (J), Job 33:17.
3. cover (with covering of protection), a pit Exodus 21:33 (Covt. code); with cloud of incense, the Kapporeth Leviticus 16:13 (P); coverings of the sacred tent, tabernacle, and their furniture Exodus 26:13; Numbers 4:9, 15 (P); with בְּ of the covering Numbers 4:5, 8, 11, 12 (P); Zion בְּצֵל יָדִי Isaiah 51:16.
4. cover, spread over, fat, the inwards Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:3, 9, 14; Leviticus 4:8 (with עַל), Leviticus 7:3 (P); leprosy, the skin and flesh Leviticus 13:12, 13 (P); the cloud of the theophany, the mount Exodus 24:15, 16 (P), the tent of meeting Exodus 40:34; Numbers 17:7 (P), and the tabernacle Numbers 9:15, 16 (P); altar with tears Malachi 2:13 (2 accusative); Jerusalem with multitude of camels Isaiah 60:6; of handiwork 1 Kings 7:18, 41, 42 2 Chronicles 4:12, 13.
5. cover, overwhelm, followed by accusative, the sea the Egyptians Exodus 14:28 (P), Exodus 15:5, 10 (song), Joshua 24:7 (E), Psalm 78:53; Psalm 106:11; waters Job 22:11; Job 38:34; Psalm 104:9; Jeremiah 46:8; Ezekiel 26:19; locusts the eye of the land Exodus 10:5, 15 (J), also Israel Numbers 22:5, 11 (J); frogs the land Exodus 8:2 (P); quails the camp Exodus 16:13 (P); cloud the land Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 38:9, 16; darkness the earth Isaiah 60:2; dust a city Ezekiel 26:10; the depths of the sea by God Job 36:30; with a reference to a person's shame Psalm 44:16; Psalm 69:8; Jeremiah 51:51; Obadiah 10; Micah 7:10; horror Psalm 55:6; Ezekiel 7:18; violence Proverbs 10:6, 11; Habakkuk 2:17; confusion Jeremiah 3:25; mischief Psalm 140:10; God covers sin Psalm 85:3 (|| נשׂא עון), compare Psalm 32:1 (Qal).
6. followed by על of person or thing covered, cover over: cherubim over the ark 2 Chronicles 5:8; over the dead, the earth Numbers 16:33 (JE), Psalm 106:17; Isaiah 26:21, worms Job 21:26; dust over blood Ezekiel 24:7; waters over the sea Habakkuk 2:14, compare לַיָּם Isaiah 11:9; (see Dr§ 135. 7 Obs.); love covereth over all sins Proverbs 10:12; God covereth over iniquity Nehemiah 3:37; people not to cover over a guilty person Deuteronomy 13:9; + accusative of object covering (DaSynt. § 75), figurative covering over the garment with violence Malachi 2:16; God's hands with light Job 36:32; + בְּ of covering Psalm 44:20.
Note. — (אֵלֶיךָ) כִסִּתִי Psalm 143:9 is error for חָסִיתִי according to Greek Version of the LXX κατέφυγον SS, but חסה not construct with אֶלֿ; חִכִּיתִי Bae; הֶאֱבַלְתִּי כִּסֵּתִי עָלָיו אֶתתְּֿהוֺם Ezekiel 31:15 according to Co I caused the deep to mourn for them (strike out כסתי).
Pual. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural כָּסּוּ Psalm 80:11; Proverbs 24:31; Imperfect יְכֻסֶּה Ecclesiastes 6:4; plural וַיְכֻסּוּ Genesis 7:19, 20; Participle plural מְכֻסִּים 1 Chronicles 21:16; feminine plural מְכֻסּוֺת Ezekiel 41:16.
1. followed by accusative be covered, hills with shadow Psalm 80:11; mountains with water Genesis 7:19, 20 (P); field with nettles Proverbs 24:31; absolute, windows of temple Ezekiel 41:16.
2. followed by בְּ, be clothed, with sackcloth 1 Chronicles 21:16; name with darkness Ecclesiastes 6:4.
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְכַּס Isaiah 37:1 = 2 Kings 19:1; 3rd person feminine singular תִּכַּסֶּה Proverbs 26:26; וַתִּתְכָּ֑ס Genesis 24:65; plural יִתְכַּסּוּ Isaiah 59:6; Jonah 3:8; Participle מִתְכַּסֶּה 1 Kings 11:29; plural מִתְכַּסִּים Isaiah 37:2 = 2 Kings 19:2; — cover, clothe oneself, absolute (of veil) Genesis 24:65 (J); with בְּ, of new garment 1 Kings 11:29; sackcloth 2 Kings 19:1, 2= Isaiah 37:1, 2; figurative of works Isaiah 59:6, of hatred with guile Proverbs 26:26; with accusative Jonah 3:5 (H8242 שַׂקִּים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:19; 7:19; 7:20; 7:20; 9:23; 18:17; 24:65; 24:65; 37:26; 38:14; 38:15; 38:15

Exodus

8:2; 10:5; 10:15; 10:15; 14:28; 15:5; 15:5; 15:10; 15:10; 16:13; 21:33; 24:15; 24:16; 26:13; 26:13; 28:42; 29:13; 29:22; 40:34

Leviticus

3:3; 3:9; 3:14; 4:8; 7:3; 13:12; 13:13; 16:13; 17:13; 17:13

Numbers

4:5; 4:8; 4:9; 4:11; 4:12; 4:15; 4:15; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 16:33; 17:7; 17:7; 22:5; 22:11

Deuteronomy

13:9; 22:12; 23:14

Joshua

24:7

Judges

4:18; 4:19

1 Samuel

19:13

1 Kings

1:1; 7:18; 7:41; 7:42; 11:29; 11:29

2 Kings

19:1; 19:1; 19:2; 19:2

1 Chronicles

21:16; 21:16

2 Chronicles

4:12; 4:13; 5:8

Job

9:24; 15:27; 16:18; 21:26; 22:11; 23:17; 31:33; 33:17; 36:30; 36:32; 38:34

Psalms

32:1; 32:1; 32:5; 32:5; 40:11; 44:16; 44:20; 55:6; 69:8; 78:53; 80:11; 80:11; 85:3; 104:6; 104:9; 106:11; 106:17; 140:10; 143:9; 147:8

Proverbs

10:6; 10:11; 10:12; 10:18; 10:18; 11:13; 12:16; 12:23; 17:9; 24:31; 24:31; 26:26; 26:26; 28:13

Ecclesiastes

6:4; 6:4

Isaiah

6:2; 6:2; 11:9; 11:9; 26:21; 29:10; 37:1; 37:1; 37:2; 37:2; 51:16; 58:7; 59:6; 59:6; 60:2; 60:6

Jeremiah

3:25; 46:8; 51:42; 51:51

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:11; 1:23; 1:23; 7:18; 12:6; 12:12; 16:8; 16:10; 16:18; 18:7; 18:16; 24:7; 24:8; 26:10; 26:19; 30:18; 30:18; 31:15; 31:15; 32:7; 32:7; 32:7; 38:9; 38:16; 41:16; 41:16

Hosea

2:11; 10:8; 10:8

Obadiah

1:10

Jonah

3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:8

Micah

7:10

Habakkuk

2:14; 2:17; 2:17; 3:3

Malachi

2:13; 2:13; 2:16

H3680

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Strong's Number H3680 matches the Hebrew כָּסָה (kāsâ),
which occurs 153 times in 149 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Sa 19:13–Pro 24:31)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats’ hair for his head, and covered it with clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - Now King David was old, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:18 - So he made the pillars, and two rows of pomegranates above the network all around to cover the capitals that were on top; and thus he did for the other capital.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:41 - the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:42 - four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the pillars);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - Now it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way; and he had clothed himself with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - Then David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:12 - the two pillars and the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:13 - four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars);

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8 - For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:24 - The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, who else could it be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:27 - “Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:18 - “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let my cry have no resting place!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:26 - They lie down alike in the dust,
And worms cover them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - Or darkness so that you cannot see;
And an abundance of water covers you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:33 - If I have covered my transgressions as Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17 - In order to turn man from his deed,
And conceal pride from man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Look, He scatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:32 - He covers His hands with lightning,
And commands it to strike.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:1 - A Psalm of David. A Contemplation.[fn]

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:5 - I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:15 - My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals,
And covered us with the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5 - Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:7 - Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 - And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the mighty cedars with its boughs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:2 - You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:6 - You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:9 - You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - “As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:9 - Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies;
In You I take shelter.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - The mouth of the righteous is a well of life,
But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12 - Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers all sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:18 - Whoever hides hatred has lying lips,
And whoever spreads slander is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:13 - A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A fool’s wrath is known at once,
But a prudent man covers shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - A prudent man conceals knowledge,
But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31 - And there it was, all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.

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