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

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12 Hatred awakens contention,
    but love covers all transgressions.

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17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened ox(A) with hatred.(B)

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17 A vegetarian meal[a] served with love is better
    than a big, thick steak[b] with a plateful of[c] animosity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:17 Lit. A meal of herbs
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Lit. a fattened ox
  3. Proverbs 15:17 The Heb. lacks a plateful of

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(B)

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Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker,
    and whoever is happy about disaster
        will not go unpunished.

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17 Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,(A)
18 or the Lord will see, be displeased,
and turn His wrath away from him.

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17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls;
    don’t let yourself be glad when he stumbles.
18 Otherwise the Lord will observe and disapprove,
    and he will turn his anger away from him.

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

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21 If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat;
    and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.
22 For you’ll be piling burning coals of shame[a] on his head
    and the Lord will reward you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:22 The Heb. lacks of shame