A Verse Mapping Bible Study on Proverbs
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Week 25: Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Scripture Memory
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Proverbs 10:12
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Bible Context
Who?
King Solomon
When?
Early in his reign, after 970 B.C.
Why?
To apply God’s wisdom to daily life.
For whom?
Israelites (The Jewish People).
Word Studies
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Proverbs 10:12
Stirreth | עוּר
ʿûr
Pronunciation: oor
Definition:
- Arouse, awaken, incite
- To stir up, rouse, incite
- To be excited
Translations:
- (stir, lift…) up 40x
- awake 25x
- raise 6x
Strifes | מְדָן
mᵊḏān
Pronunciation: med-awn'
Definition:
- strife, contention
Translations:
- discord 1x
- strife 1x
Love | אַהֲבָה
'ahăḇâ
Pronunciation: a-hab-aw
Definition:
- human love for human object
- God’s love to his people
Translations
- love 40x
Covereth | כָּסָה
kāsâ
Pronunciation: zeh'-bakh
Definition:
- to cover, conceal, hide
- to cover, overwhelm
- to be clothed
Translations:
- cover 135x
- hide 6x
- conceal 4x
Sins | פֶּשַׁע
pešaʿ
Pronunciation: peh'-shah
Definition:
- transgression, rebellion
- transgression (against God)
Translations:
- transgression 84x
- trespass 5x
- sin 3x
Paraphrase
Hatred [incites] up [contention]: but [God’s love to his people] [overwhelms] all [transgression (against God)]. Proverbs 10:12
Bible Cross References
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
James 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Reflections
About God
About Self
