Proverbs 10:12

10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension,

but love covers all transgressions.

Proverbs 31:29

31:29 “Many daughters have done valiantly,

but you surpass them all!”


sn This contrasts the wicked motivated by hatred (animosity, rejection) with the righteous motivated by love (kind acts, showing favor).

sn Love acts like forgiveness. Hatred looks for and exaggerates faults; but love seeks ways to make sins disappear (e.g., 1 Pet 4:8).

tn The first word of the twentieth line begins with ר (resh), the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

tn Or “women” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

tn The word is the same as in v. 10, “noble, valiant.”