Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

New American Standard Bible

Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers all transgressions.

King James Version

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Holman Bible

Hatred stirs up conflicts,
but love covers all offenses.

International Standard Version

Hatred awakens contention, but love covers all transgressions.

A Conservative Version

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

Amplified


Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers and overwhelms all transgressions [forgiving and overlooking another’s faults].

Bible in Basic English

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

Darby Translation

Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

Julia Smith Translation

Hatred will excite strifes: and love will cover over all transgressions.

King James 2000

Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.

Modern King James verseion

Hatred stirs up fights, but love covers all sins.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Evil will stirreth up strife; but love covereth the multitude of sins.

NET Bible

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

New Heart English Bible

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

The Emphasized Bible

Hatred, stirreth up strifes, but, over all transgressions, love throweth a covering.

Webster

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

World English Bible

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂנאה 
sin'ah 
Usage: 17

עוּר 
`uwr 
Usage: 80

מדן 
M@dan 
Usage: 2

but love
אהבה 
'ahabah 
Usage: 36

כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

Context Readings

Proverbs Concerning The Mouth

11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions. 13 In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:8

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Proverbs 17:9

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

James 5:20

let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

James 4:1

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

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