Proverbs 10:12

English Standard Version 2016

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

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Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

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

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

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

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

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

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

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