Proverbs 10:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.

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  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.
  • Prov 17:9 : 9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.
  • Jas 5:20 : 20 Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members?
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not proud, 5 Does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs; 6 Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the LORD shall be made prosperous.

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  • Prov 17:9-10
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    9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

    10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.

  • 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • 26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

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    18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

    19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

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    17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.

    18 A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.

  • 1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.

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    19 He who loves transgression loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

    20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • 13 He who covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

  • 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

  • 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • 24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • Prov 27:4-5
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    4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, but who can stand before envy?

    5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

  • 13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • 16 A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

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

  • 14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water, therefore leave off contention before it is meddled with.

  • 14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a reward in the bosom pacifies strong wrath.

  • 10 For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cling to that which is good.

    10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love; in honor giving preference to one another;

  • 17 He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • 10 By pride comes only contention, but with the well advised is wisdom.

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    10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

    11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

  • 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

  • 4 Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not proud,

  • 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  • 1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

  • 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

  • 10 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.

  • 1 Blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

  • 1 Let brotherly love continue.

  • 7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

  • 20 Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.

  • 5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

  • Col 3:13-14
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    13 Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.

    14 And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

  • 24 He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • 11 The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression.