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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    9He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

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

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

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

  • Prov 15:17-18
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    17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.

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

  • Prov 15:1
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    1A soft answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.

  • Prov 17:19-20
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    19He who loves transgression loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

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

  • Prov 28:13
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    13He who covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have 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 upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

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

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  • Prov 10:13
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    13In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

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

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

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

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

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

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

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Prov 13:10
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    10By pride comes only contention, but with the well advised is wisdom.

  • 1 John 2:10-11
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    10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

    11But 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.

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

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

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    17And 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.

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

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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 propitiation for our sins.

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

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

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

  • Amos 5:10
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    10They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.

  • Ps 32:1
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    1Blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

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    1Let brotherly love continue.

  • 1 Cor 13:7
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    7Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

  • Rom 12:20
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    20Therefore 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.

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

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

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

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

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