Proverbs 10:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

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

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 17:9

He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 29:22

A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger causes much transgression.

Proverbs 30:33

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

James 4:1

What causes wars, and what causes fightings among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members?

James 5:20

let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.