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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hatred
sin'ah (Hebrew #8135)
hate
KJV usage: + exceedingly, hate(-ful, - red).
Pronounce: sin-aw'
Origin: from 8130
stirreth up
`uwr (Hebrew #5782)
to wake (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (a- )wake(-n, up), lift up (self), X master, raise (up), stir up (self).
Pronounce: oor
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 5783 through the idea of opening the eyes)
strifes
mdan (Hebrew #4090)
a form of 4066
KJV usage: discord, strife.
Pronounce: med-awn'
: but love
'ahabah (Hebrew #160)
feminine of 158 and meaning the same
KJV usage: love.
Pronounce: a-hab-aw
covereth
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
h all sins
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• 4Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
 5does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
 6does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)
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1 Peter 4:8• 8but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins; (1 Peter 4:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Hatred.
Prov. 15:18• 18A furious man stirreth up contention; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Prov. 15:18)
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Prov. 16:27• 27A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire. (Prov. 16:27)
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Prov. 28:25• 25He that is puffed up in soul exciteth contention; but he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat. (Prov. 28:25)
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Prov. 29:22• 22An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:22)
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James 4:1• 1Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence,--from your pleasures, which war in your members? (James 4:1)
love.
Prov. 17:9• 9He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up again separateth very friends. (Prov. 17:9)
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1 Cor. 13:4• 4Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up, (1 Cor. 13:4)
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James 5:20• 20let him know that he that brings back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins. (James 5:20)
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1 Peter 4:8• 8but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins; (1 Peter 4:8)
• The latter part of this verse is quoted in the New Testament. In 1 Peter 4:8. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)
• Other’s faults, not my own, I am called upon to cover. Not by indifference to evil, but by faithfully, in love and grace, showing my brother his sin, and seeking to exercise his conscience in the presence of God, that confession may be made, and thus the sin be covered. Where love is lacking, it is a common practice to play the part of a talebearer, which only tends to add to the evil. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)
• In Nathan’s dealing with David, a lovely exemplification of the love that covereth (1 Sam. 22:9-19; 2 Sam. 12:1-14). (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.