Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up conflicts, 1 but love covers over all offenses. 1

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Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

In Context

11The mouth of the righteous person is a water spring of life, 1 but the mouth of the wicked covers up violence. 1

13Wisdom is found on the lips of a discerning person, 1 but a rod is for the back of the one who has no sense. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:27A worthless person digs up mischief 1 and his speech is like a scorching fire. 1

Proverbs 28:25A greedy man stirs up conflict, 1 but the one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. 1

1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant

James 5:20that person should know that whoever turns a sinner from his wandering way will save him from death, and will cover over a great number 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 →

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