Proverbs 10:12
Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
11The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.
13In the lips of the wise, wisdom is discovered. And a rod is for the back of one who lacks heart.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27The impious man digs up evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
Proverbs 28:25Whoever boasts and enlarges himself stirs up conflicts. Yet truly, whoever trusts in the Lord will be healed.
1 Corinthians 13:4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.
James 5:20he ought to know that whoever causes a sinner to be converted from the error of his ways will save his soul from death and will cover 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 →