Proverbs 10:12
Sin'ah (hatred) stirreth up medanim (dissensions), 1 but ahavah covereth all peysha'im. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27An ish Beliya'al diggeth up ra'ah, 1 and in his sfatayim (lips) there is as a scorching eish. 1
Proverbs 28:25The covetous stirreth up strife, 1 but he that putteth his trust in Hashem shall be prospered. 1
1 Corinthians 13:4Ahavah suffers long; ahavah is kind; ahavah does not have kinah; ahavah does not brag; ahavah is not puffed up in ga'avah (conceit, pride);
James 5:20You should have da'as that the one having helped a choteh (sinner) to become a ba'al teshuva and to turn from the toyus (error) of his derech, and from setiyah HaDerech Hashem (turning aside or deviating from the Way of Hashem), will save the neshamah of him from mavet and will cover a multitude of chatta'im.
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 →