Proverbs 10:12

Proverbs 10:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
• New International Version (NIV)Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.

Context of Proverbs 10:12

10The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin. 11The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence. Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. 13Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined. 14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

Proverbs 10:12 word by word

שִׂ֭נְאָה תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר מְדָנִ֑ים וְעַ֥ל כָּל־פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hatredשִׂנְאָהώin'âh · hatingH8135
• stirreth upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• strifesמְדָןmedân · strifeH4090
• but loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
• coverethכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• all sinsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588

Cross-references for Proverbs 10:12

• Proverbs 15:18A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
• Proverbs 16:27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
• Proverbs 28:25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.
• Proverbs 29:22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.
• James 4:1Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
• Proverbs 17:9The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
• 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
• James 5:20he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
• 1 Peter 4:8Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

Commentaries on Proverbs 10:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Hatred stirreth up strifes - It seeks for occasions to provoke enmity. It delights in broils. On the contrary, love conciliates; removes aggravations; puts the best construction on every thing; and pours water, not oil, upon the flame.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Love covereth all sins - i. e., First hides, does not expose, and then forgives and forgets all sins.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12Verse 12 Where there is hatred, every thing stirs up strife. By bearing with each other, peace and harmony are preserved.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. strifes--or, "litigations." covereth--by forgiveness and forbearance.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 10:12

• Charitableness
• Hatred
• Love
• Malice
• Strife

In the dictionaries

• Famish
• Glad
• Harvest
• Poetry
• Refuse
• Rod
• Surely
• Uprightly
• God
• Hate; Hatred

Commentaries on Proverbs 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings