Proverbs 10 · Verse 12

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 10:12, King James Version

Proverbs 10:12 in other translations

BSBHatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
WEBHatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
ASVHatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
YLTHatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
DARBYHatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
BBEHate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
WebsterHatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

What does Proverbs 10:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. strifes--or, "litigations." covereth--by forgiveness and forbearance.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes - It seeks for occasions to provoke enmity. It delights in broils. On the contrary, love conciliates; removes aggravations; puts the best construction on every thing; and pours water, not oil, upon the flame.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Where there is hatred, every thing stirs up strife. By bearing with each other, peace and harmony are preserved.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 10:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׂ֭נְאָהSin.'ahhatredH8135
תְּעוֹרֵ֣רte.'o.Rerit stirs upH5782
מְדָנִ֑יםme.da.NimcontentionsH4090
וְעַ֥לve.'Aland overH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗יםpe.sha.'ImtransgressionsH6588
תְּכַסֶּ֥הte.kha.Sehit coversH3680
אַהֲבָֽה\׃'a.ha.VahloveH160

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 10:12

  • 1 Peter 4:8

    And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

    Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

  • Proverbs 17:9

    He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

  • Proverbs 15:18

    A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • James 5:20

    Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

  • James 4:1

    From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

  • Proverbs 28:25

    He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

  • Proverbs 16:27

    An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

  • Proverbs 29:22

    An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hatred.
15:18; 16:27; 28:25; 29:22; Jas 4:1
love.
17:9; 1Co 13:4; Jas 5:20; 1Pe 4:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 10:11

    The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Proverbs 10:12

    Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  • Proverbs 10:13

    In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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Proverbs 10:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El odio despierta rencillas: mas la caridad cubrirá todas las faltas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La haine excite les querelles, mais l’amour couvre toutes les transgressions.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Haß erregt Zwietracht, aber Liebe deckt alle Übertretungen zu.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Odium suscitat rixas, et universa delicta operit caritas.