Proverbs 10:12

“Hatred stirreth up strifes, etc.] A man, whose heart is full of hatred and malice against his neighbour, will stir up, or awake, as the wordf269 signifies, contentions and quarrels which were happily laid asleep; these he renews by tale bearing, and whisperings, and evil surmises; by raising lies, spreading false reports and calumnies, and by virulent reproaches and slanders; but love covereth all sins; not its own, but others; in imitation of the pardoning love and grace of God, which covers all the sins of his people with the blood and righteousness of his Son. Love spreads its mantle over the sins of its fellow creatures and Christians, and forgives them, even all of them: instead of…”

“strifes--or, "litigations." covereth--by forgiveness and forbearance.”

“Love covereth all sins - i. e., First hides, does not expose, and then forgives and forgets all sins. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Hatred: Pro 15:18, Pro 16:27, Pro 28:25, Pro 29:22; Jam 4:1 love: Pro 17:9; Co1 13:4; Jam 5:20; Pe1 4:8 Proverbs 10:13”

“Another proverb of the different effects of hatred and of love: Hate stirreth up strife, And love covereth all transgressions. Regarding מדנים, for which the Kerı̂ elsewhere substitutes מדינים, vid., under Pro 6:14. Hatred of one's neighbour, which is of itself an evil, has further this bad effect, that it calls forth hatred, and thus stirreth up strife, feuds, factions, for it incites man against man (cf. ערר, Job 3:8); on the contrary, love covers not merely little errors, but also greater sins of every kind (כּל־פּשׁעים), viz., by pardoning them, concealing them, excusing them, if possible, with mitigating circumstances, or restraining them before they are executed. All this lies in the…”