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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all offenses.(A)

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12 Hate stirs up conflict,
    but love covers all offenses.

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17 Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is
    than a fatted ox and hatred with it.(A)

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17 Better a meal of greens with love
    than a plump calf with hate.

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Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
    those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.(A)

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Those who mock the poor insult their maker;
    those who rejoice in disaster won’t go unpunished.

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17 Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,
    and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble,(A)
18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased
    and turn away his anger from them.

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17 When your enemies fall, don’t rejoice.
    When they stumble, don’t let your heart be glad,
18 or the Lord will see it and be displeased,
    and he will turn his anger from them.

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21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,
    and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,(A)
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.(B)

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21 If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread;
    if they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
22 By doing this, you will heap burning coals on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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