The Meaning of Proverbs 10:12 Explained

Proverbs 10:12

KJV: Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

YLT: Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

Darby: Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

ASV: Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 10:12?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 10:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 10:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 10:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Hatred  stirreth up  strifes:  but love  covereth  all sins. 

What does Proverbs 10:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 10:1-16 - The Righteous And The Wicked
Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong city, Proverbs 10:15; but the treasures which have been obtained by wickedness are soon dissipated. They profit nothing, Proverbs 10:2. This book contains the striking thought that ill-earned wealth is never gathered for the benefit of the possessor, but rather for the benefit of the righteous, and must be useless until it gets into hands which will use it benevolently and rightly.
But there is another kind of wealth, which will never take wings to fly away, which no moth can corrupt nor thief steal, and which will avail not only here but here-after. Note the antithesis of Proverbs 10:2. If you would increase your wealth, give it away. See Proverbs 10:4.
The covering work of love, referred to in Proverbs 10:12, is emphasized in 1 Corinthians 13:7, r.v., margin, 1 Peter 4:8, and James 5:20. God covers sin, so that the memory of it is obliterated, Ezekiel 33:16. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 10

1  Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices

What do the individual words in Proverbs 10:12 mean?

Hatred stirs up strife but all sins covers love
שִׂ֭נְאָה תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר מְדָנִ֑ים וְעַ֥ל כָּל־ פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה

שִׂ֭נְאָה  Hatred 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׂנְאָה  
Sense: hating, hatred, hate.
תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר  stirs  up 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עוּר 
Sense: to rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite.
מְדָנִ֑ים  strife 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מָדֹון  
Sense: strife, contention.
פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים  sins 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: פֶּשַׁע  
Sense: transgression, rebellion.
תְּכַסֶּ֥ה  covers 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
אַהֲבָֽה  love 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַהֲבָה 
Sense: love.

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