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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all wrongs.

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

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17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,
    than a fattened calf with hatred.

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17 (A)Better is a portion of [a]vegetables where there is love,
Than a (B)fattened ox served with hatred.

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  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker.
    He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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One who mocks the (A)poor taunts his Maker;
One who (B)rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.

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17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
    Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,
    and he turn away his wrath from him.

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17 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18 Otherwise, the Lord will see and [a]be displeased,
And turn His anger away from him.

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  1. Proverbs 24:18 Lit it is evil in His eyes

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
    If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
    and Yahweh will reward you.

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21 (A)If [a]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For you will [b]heap burning coals on his head,
And (B)the Lord will reward you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
  2. Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up