Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 concealeth violence.

13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Proverbs 28:25He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be abundantly gratified.

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 →

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