Proverbs 10:12 “Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.”

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

World English Bible

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

American Standard Version

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hatred stirreth vp contentions: but loue couereth all trespasses.

Darby Translation

Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

Young's Literal Translation

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

Bible in Basic English

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

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Cross references

“Hatred”

Proverbs 15:18 James 4:1 Proverbs 16:27 Proverbs 28:25 Proverbs 29:22

Proverbs 15:18 · BSB

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

James 4:1 · BSB

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

Proverbs 16:27 · BSB

A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 28:25 · BSB

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Proverbs 29:22 · BSB

An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

“love”

1 Peter 4:8 Proverbs 17:9 James 5:20 1 Corinthians 13:4

1 Peter 4:8 · BSB

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Proverbs 17:9 · BSB

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

James 5:20 · BSB

consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 Corinthians 13:4 · BSB

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

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