Proverbs 10:12

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Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers all offenses.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
  • Prov 17:9 : 9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.
  • Jas 5:20 : 20 let them know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save their soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts?
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 A greedy person stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:9-10
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    9Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

    10A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though hatred is concealed by deceit, its wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

    19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Prov 15:17-18
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    17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

    18A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

  • Prov 17:19-20
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    19Whoever loves transgression loves strife; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • Prov 28:13
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    13The one who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

  • Rom 13:10
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    10Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit.

  • Prov 27:4-5
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    4Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?

    5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

  • Prov 10:13
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    13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of those who lack understanding.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.

  • Prov 17:14
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    14Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; so stop the dispute before it breaks out.

  • Prov 21:14
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    14A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe in the lap pacifies intense wrath.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10For the one who wants to love life and to see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will go away; strife and insults will cease.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

    10Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

  • Prov 13:10
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    10Where there is pride, there is strife, but wisdom is found in those who take counsel.

  • 1 John 2:10-11
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    10Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.

    11But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.

  • Prov 14:34
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    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

  • 1 Cor 13:4
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    4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

  • 1 John 4:10
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    10In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

  • Prov 12:1
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    1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is senseless.

  • Eph 4:31
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    31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, shouting, and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.

  • Lev 19:17
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    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

  • Amos 5:10
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    10They hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise the one who speaks with honesty.

  • Ps 32:1
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    1Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

  • Heb 13:1
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    1Let brotherly love continue.

  • 1 Cor 13:7
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    7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

  • Rom 12:20
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    20If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgrace themselves.

  • Col 3:13-14
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    13Bear with one another and forgive one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord forgave you, so also you must forgive.

    14And above all these, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.

  • Prov 19:11
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    11A person’s wisdom makes them slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.