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

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

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17 (A)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
    than (B)a fattened ox and hatred with it.

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

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Whoever mocks the poor (A)insults his Maker;
    he who is (B)glad at calamity will not go (C)unpunished.

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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 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
    and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
    and turn away his anger from him.

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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 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
    and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap (B)burning coals on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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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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