| Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. | Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. |
| Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. | A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame. |
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| Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. | Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked. |
| Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. | He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends. |
| Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. | He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. |
| No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. | No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. |
| Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. | Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. |
| While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” | While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” |
