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

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12 Hatred awakens contention,
    but love covers all transgressions.

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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

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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  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

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

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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 (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

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

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