Proverbs 10:12
Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
11The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
Proverbs 28:25He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
James 5:20Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
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 →