Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Proverbs 10:12 · King James Version

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In other versions

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
ASV
Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
BBE
Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
DBY
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all wrongs.
WEB
Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
YLT
Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.
ENG
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
WBT
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
BSB

In context

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

¹¹The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

¹³In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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