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

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

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And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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Above all, love each other deeply,(A) because love covers over a multitude of sins.(B)

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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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Love is patient,(A) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(B) It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(C) it is not easily angered,(D) it keeps no record of wrongs.(E) Love does not delight in evil(F) but rejoices with the truth.(G) It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(H)

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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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

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18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.(B)

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20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(A) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(B)

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From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

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Submit Yourselves to God

What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?

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25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

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25 The greedy stir up conflict,(A)
    but those who trust in the Lord(B) will prosper.

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27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

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27 A scoundrel(A) plots evil,
    and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.(B)

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22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)

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