Verse 12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.