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Proverbs 10:12

Proverbs 10:12 is verse 12 of Proverbs chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

See 1 Peter 4:8

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Proverbs 10:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

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

12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 28:25
A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

James 4:1
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

Proverbs 17:9
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

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

James 5:20
consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.