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King James Bible - Proverbs 10:12

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:12

¶ El odio despierta las rencillas; mas la caridad cubre todas las maldades.

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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:12

Verse 12. Hatred stirreth up strifes ] It seeks for occasions to provoke enmity. It delights in broils. On the contrary, love conciliates; removes aggravations; puts the best construction on every thing; and pours water, not oil, upon the flame.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 12. Hatred stirreth up strifes , etc.] A man, whose heart is full of hatred and malice against his neighbour, will stir up, or awake, as the word signifies, contentions and quarrels which were happily laid asleep; these he renews by tale bearing, and whisperings, and evil surmises; by raising lies, spreading false reports and calumnies, and by virulent reproaches and slanders; but love covereth all sins ; not its own, but others; in imitation of the pardoning love and grace of God, which covers all the sins of his people with the blood and righteousness of his Son. Love spreads its mantle over the sins of its fellow creatures and Christians, and forgives them, even all of them: instead of exposing them, hides and conceals them; and, instead of loading and aggravating the infirmities of others, puts the best constructions on them, hopes and bears, and believes all things, ( Corinthians 13:7); (see 1 Peter 4:8); where the apostle seems to have respect to this passage. This is not to be understood as conniving at or suffering sin upon others, or as contrary to Christian reproofs and rebukes for it.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 12 - Where there is hatred, every thing stirs up strife. By bearing with each other, peace and harmony are preserved.

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Original Hebrew

שׂנאה 8135 תעורר 5782 מדנים 4090 ועל 5921 כל 3605 פשׁעים 6588 תכסה 3680 אהבה׃ 160