Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

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 A fountain of life [is] a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence. 12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses. 13 On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.



Cross References

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.

Proverbs 17:9

He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

James 5:20

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person's soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.

Proverbs 15:18

A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow [to] {anger}, he will calm contention.

Proverbs 16:27

A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips [are] like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 28:25

The {greedy person} will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

Proverbs 29:22

A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,

James 4:1

From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?

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