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Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
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Interpretation

Wisdom shapes a love covers that is embodied in concrete decisions. Proverbs 10:12: trace "hatred" and "stirs". Align love covers through how disagreements are handled—let wisdom become a road.

Context

Proverbs speaks here as poetry/wisdom writing, naming love covers. Placed in ch. 10, the nearby lines set its tone. There’s a line into wisdom & worship. The nearby sentences supply the texture.

Authorship & Historical Background

Early sources associate Proverbs with Solomon & sages. Proverbs is frequently described this way: Sayings gathered and edited in stages.. Date: Compiled across the monarchic and post‑exilic periods.. This verse leans into wisdom & worship.

More details
Traditional:Solomon & sages
Modern scholarship:Wisdom anthology compiled in stages.
Date:Monarchic to post‑exilic.
Manuscripts & Textual Witnesses
The Masoretic tradition preserves the Hebrew text, standardized c. 6th-10th centuries CE. The Dead Sea Scrolls (discovered 1947-1956) provide manuscripts 1000+ years older than medieval texts, generally confirming the Masoretic Text's reliability with only minor variations. The Septuagint (Greek translation, 3rd-2nd century BCE) offers an independent textual witness. Variations between manuscripts are typically minor: spelling differences, word order, or clarifications that do not affect the core meaning. Modern translations compare all available manuscripts to reconstruct the probably reflects the initial text text.
Sources & witness notes
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