Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife; but affection covers all that do not love strife.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.
Proverbs 28:25An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.
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 →