Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Proverbs 28:25He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be made fat.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
James 5:20let him know that he who converts a sinful man from his wandering way, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:12
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. See here, 1. How industrious a good man is, by communicating his goodness, to do good with it: His mouth, the outlet of his mind, is a well of life; it is a constant spring, whence issues good discourse for the edification of others, like streams that water the ground and make it fruitful, and for their consolation, like streams that quench the thirst of the weary traveller. It is like a well of life, that is pure and… Read the whole commentary →