Proverbs 10:12
שִׂנְאָה תְּעוֹרֵר מְדָנִים וְעַל כָּל ־ פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In Context
11מְקוֹר חַיִּים פִּי צַדִּיק וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יְכַסֶּה חָמָֽס ׃
13בְּשִׂפְתֵי נָבוֹן תִּמָּצֵא חָכְמָה וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו חֲסַר ־ לֵֽב ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל כֹּרֶה רָעָה וְעַל ־ שפתיו כְּאֵשׁ צָרָֽבֶת ׃
Proverbs 28:25רְחַב ־ נֶפֶשׁ יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן וּבוֹטֵחַ עַל ־ יְהוָה יְדֻשָּֽׁן ׃
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 →