Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 28:25A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
James 5:20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over 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 →