Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.(A)
1 Peter 4:8
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8 Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.(A)
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Proverbs 17:9
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9 One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,
but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.(A)
Proverbs 15:18
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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)
James 5:20
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20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s[a] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.(A)
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James 4:1
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Friendship with the World
4 Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant(A) 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;(B) 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.(C) 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.(D)
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Proverbs 28:25
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25 The greedy person stirs up strife,
but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.(A)
Proverbs 16:27
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27 Scoundrels concoct evil,
and their speech is like a scorching fire.(A)
Proverbs 29:22
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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)
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