Proverbs 10:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes: But love covereth all sins.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Hatred stirs up contentions, but love covers all transgressions.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Common English Bible

¹² Hate stirs up conflict, but love covers all offenses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.

Proverbs 10:12 Cross References

Proverbs 15:18

Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

Proverbs 16:27

Scoundrels concoct evil, and their speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 17:9

One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

Proverbs 30:33

For as pressing milk produces curds and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing anger produces strife.

James 4:1

Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?

James 5:20

you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.