Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 12 Holy Bible
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
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Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
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Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
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Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all wrongs.
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Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Hatred stirreth up strife (Proverbs 6:14). Love covereth all sins (Proverbs 17:9). The reference is primarily to the blood feud, the existence of which led to the establishment of the cities of refuge. Hatred keeps alive the old feeling of revenge, and seeks opportunities of satisfying it; but love puts aside, forgets and forgives all offences against itself. This sentiment comes very near the great Christian principle, "Love covereth a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8; comp. 1 Corinthians 13:4; James 5:20). The Talmud pronounces, "To love a thing makes the eye blind, the ear deaf;" and the Arab says, "Love is the companion of blindness." Septuagint, "Love (φιλία) covereth all those who love not strife."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Hatred stirreth up strifes . . .--Hatred rakes up again old feuds which have slumbered, but love covers up and refuses to look at any wrong done to it. A similar expression occurs in 1Peter 4:8 and James 5:20, though probably in a somewhat different sense. (See the note on the former passage.)
