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Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

KJV

Odium suscitat rixas, et universa delicta operit caritas.

Vulgate

μῖσος ἐγείρει νεῖκος, πάντας δὲ τοὺς μὴ φιλονεικοῦντας καλύπτει φιλία·

LXX

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

ASV

שִׂ֭נְאָה תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר מְדָנִ֑ים וְ/עַ֥ל כָּל פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַהֲבָ֖ה
'hbh
verb · 40×
ה
h
verb · 76×
י
y
noun · 93×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
מדנים
mdnym
noun · 3×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׂנְאָ֗ה
shn'h
noun · 17×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Summa Theologica · 3 passages
What is the justification of the ungodly? Is grace required for it? Is any movement of the free-will required? Is a movement of faith required? Is a movement of the free-will against sin required? Is the remission of sins to be reckoned with the foregoing? Is the justification of the ungodly a work of time or is sudden? The natural order of the things concurring to justificatio…
Does perfection bear any relation to charity? Can one be perfect in this life? Does the perfection of this life consist chiefly in observing the counsels or the commandments? Is whoever is perfect in the state of perfection? Are prelates and religious especially in the state of perfection? Are all prelates in the state of perfection? Which is the more perfect, the episcopal or …
Were we freed from sin by Christ's Passion? Were we thereby delivered from the power of the devil? Were we freed thereby from our debt of punishment? Were we thereby reconciled with God? Was heaven's gate opened to us thereby? Did Christ derive exaltation from it? Article 1. Whether we were delivered from sin through Christ's Passion? Objection 1. It would seem that we were not…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
  • 1Cor 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
  • 1Cor 13:7 — Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
  • 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • Eph 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
  • Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
  • Jas 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.
  • Jas 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.
  • Prov 12:16 — A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
  • Prov 15:1 — A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
  • Prov 15:18 — A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 15:18 — A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 16:27 — An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
  • Prov 17:9 — He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
  • Prov 17:9 — He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
  • Prov 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
  • Prov 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.
  • Prov 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.
  • Prov 29:22 — An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
  • Prov 29:22 — An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.