Proverbs 10:12

“Hatred stirs up quarrels, but all transgressions love covers.”
Proverbs 10:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew

With the Hebrew beneath

Hatredשִׂנְאָהstirs upתְּעוֹרֵרquarrels,מְדָנִיםbutוְallכָּלtransgressionsפְּשָׁעִיםloveאַהֲבָהcovers.עַל תְּכַסֶּה

Both texts say that love covers: “a multitude of sins” in 1 Peter, “all transgressions” in Proverbs.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

Hatredשִׂנְאָהsina

hatred

Hatred.

stirs upתְּעוֹרֵרteorer

awake

To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.

quarrelsמְדָנִיםmedanim

strife, contention

Strife, a quarrel, discord between people.

transgressionsפְּשָׁעִיםpeshaim

transgression

A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.

loveאַהֲבָהahava

love

Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.

coversתְּכַסֶּהtechase

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

1 Peter 4:8 takes up the second line (“love covers a multitude of sins”).

11A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

12 · This verse (above)

13On the lips of the discerning one wisdom is found, but the rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.