Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth the multitude of sinnes.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.
Proverbs 28:25He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shalbe well fed.
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 →