¹² Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.^(A)

¹⁶ There are six things the Lord hates,^(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:
¹⁷         haughty eyes,^(B)
        a lying tongue,^(C)
        hands that shed innocent blood,^(D)
18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,^(E)
19         a false witness^(F) who pours out lies^(G)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.^(H)

⁹ Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,^(A)
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.^(B)

“Cursed^(A) be Canaan!^(B)
    The lowest of slaves
    will he be to his brothers.^(C)”

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!^(D)
    May Canaan be the slave^(E) of Shem.
²⁷ May God extend Japheth’s^[a] territory;^(F)
    may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,^(G)
    and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”