Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strife; But love covereth all offences.
Noyes 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 concealeth violence.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man diggeth mischief, And on his lips there is, as it were, a burning fire.
Proverbs 28:25He who is of a proud heart stirreth up strife; But he that trusteth in the LORD shall be rich.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love suffereth long, is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,
James 5:20let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a 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 →