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

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers over all offenses.

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10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,(A)
    but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

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10 The righteous knows the life[a] of his animal,
    but the compassion[b] of the wicked is cruel.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:10 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 12:10 Hebrew “compassions”

17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.(A)

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17 Better is a dinner of vegetables when[a] love is there
    than a fattened ox and hatred with it.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 15:17 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Or “him”

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

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He who forgives an affront fosters love,
    but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

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17 A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)

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17 The friend loves at all times[a],
    but a brother is born for adversity.

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  1. Proverbs 17:17 Hebrew “time”

Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.

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Better a rebuke that is open
    than a love that is hidden.

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