Proverbs 10:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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 DomainASVPD
“Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 10:12 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
- Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
- Proverbs 28:25A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- 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.
- 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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