Parallel Verses

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.

American Standard Version

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth 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 a righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence. 12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers all transgressions.
13 In the lips of the prudent wisdom is found and is a rod unto the back of him that is void of understanding.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:8

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

Proverbs 17:9

He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

James 5:20

let that one know, that whosoever causes the sinner to convert 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 stirs up strife, but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 16:27

The man of Belial digs in search of evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Proverbs 29:22

The angry man stirs up strife, and the furious man abounds in transgression.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,

James 4:1

Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? From here that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?

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