Proverbs 10:12

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“Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.”

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BSBPD

“Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 10:12 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
  2. Proverbs 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
  3. Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
  4. Proverbs 28:25A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
  5. Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
  6. 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
  7. James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
  8. James 5:20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
  9. 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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