Proverbs 10:12
Expanded Bible
12 Hatred stirs up ·trouble [conflict; fights],
but love ·forgives [covers] all wrongs.
Proverbs 10:12
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12
Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers and overwhelms all transgressions [forgiving and overlooking another’s faults].
Proverbs 12:10
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10 ·Good [Righteous] people ·take care [L know the desires] of their animals,
but even the ·kindest [most compassionate] acts of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 12:10
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10
A righteous man has kind regard for the life of his animal,
But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.(A)
Proverbs 15:17
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17 It is better to eat vegetables with those who love you
than ·to eat meat [L an ox of the stall] with those who hate you.
Proverbs 15:17
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17
Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.(A)
Proverbs 17:9
Expanded Bible
9 ·Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend [L One who seeks love conceals an offense],
but ·gossiping about the sin [repeating a thing] breaks up friendships.
Proverbs 17:9
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9
He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love,
But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves you all the time,
and a brother ·helps in [L is born for a] time of trouble.
Proverbs 17:17
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17
A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 27:5
Expanded Bible
5 It is better to correct someone ·openly [publicly]
than to have love and ·not show [hide] it.
Proverbs 27:5
Amplified Bible
5
Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]
Than love that is hidden.(A)
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