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

⁹ With his ^(A)mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the ^(B)righteous will be delivered.

¹² He who despises his neighbor lacks ^[a]sense,
But a man of understanding keeps silent.
¹³ He ^(A)who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is ^[b]trustworthy ^(B)conceals a matter.

²⁷ A ^(A)worthless man digs up evil,
While ^[a]his words are like ^(B)scorching fire.
²⁸ A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

⁴ An ^(A)evildoer listens to wicked lips;
A ^[a]liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

⁹ He who ^(A)conceals a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter ^(B)separates intimate friends.

⁸ The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the ^[a]innermost parts of the body.