Proverbs 10:12

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Proverbs 10:12


← Proverbs 10:11 Proverbs 10:12 (KJV) Proverbs 10:13 →
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

HatredH8135 stirreth upH5782 strifesH4090: but loveH160 coverethH3680 all sinsH6588.


Original Hebrew

שִׂנְאָה 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
Strong's References
  • H160 — אַהֲבָה (ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw): feminine of אַהַב (ʼahab) H158 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 (kâsâh) H3780.
  • H4090 — מְדָן (mᵉdân, med-awn'): a form of מָדוֹן (mâdôwn) H4066; a contest or quarrel; discord, strife.
  • H5782 — עוּר (ʻûwr, oor): a primitive root (rather identical with עוּר (ʻûwr) H5783 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 (pâshaʻ) H6586; a revolt (national, moral or religious); rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
  • H8135 — שִׂנְאָה (sinʼâh, sin-aw'): from שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ) H8130; 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 (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; 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 (ʻal) H5920 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.
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