Proverbs 10:12

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The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.	Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.	In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Hatred^H8135 stirreth up^H5782 strifes^H4090: but love^H160 covereth^H3680 all sins^H6588.

Original Hebrew

נְאָה תְּעֹורֵר מְדָנִים וְעַל כָּל־פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
שִׂ֭נְאָה	Sin.'ah	H8135	HNcfsa	hatred
תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר	te.'o.Rer	H5782	HVoi3fs	it stirs up
מְדָנִ֑ים	me.da.Nim	H4090	HNcmpa	contentions
וְ/עַ֥ל	ve./'Al	H5921	HC/R	and/ over
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים	pe.sha.'Im	H6588	HNcmpa	transgressions
תְּכַסֶּ֥ה	te.kha.Seh	H3680	HVpi3fs	it covers
אַהֲבָֽה	'a.ha.Vah	H160	HNcfsa	love

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H160 — אַהֲבָה (ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw): feminine of אַהַב and meaning the same; {affection (in a good or a bad sense)}; love.
H3680 — כָּסָה (kâçâh, kaw-saw'): a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כָּשָׂה.
H4090 — מְדָן (mᵉdân, med-awn'): a form of מָדוֹן; {a contest or quarrel}; discord, strife.
H5782 — עוּר (ʻûwr, oor): a primitive root (rather identical with through the idea of opening the eyes); to wake (literally or figuratively); (a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).
H6588 — פֶּשַׁע (peshaʻ, peh'-shah): from פָּשַׁע; a revolt (national, moral or religious); rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
H8135 — שִׂנְאָה (sinʼâh, sin-aw'): from שָׂנֵא; hate; [phrase] exceedingly, hate(-ful, -red).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Hatred — Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:27, Proverbs 28:25, Proverbs 29:22, James 4:1
love — Proverbs 17:9, 1 Corinthians 13:4, James 5:20, 1 Peter 4:8

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