Proverbs 10:12
Hatred causes conflict, but love covers all wrongs.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
13Wisdom comes from people with good judgment, but stupid people are punished with a rod.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27Worthless people plot evil and their words burn like fire.
Proverbs 28:25Greedy people stir up trouble, but those who trust in the Lord will be successful.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
James 5:20let them know that whoever rescues a sinner from the error of their ways will save them from death, and will gain forgiveness for many 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 →