| Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. | Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. |
| And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” | And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. |
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| He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends. | He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
| 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. | No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. |
| Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked. | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame. | A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. |
| He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. | He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. |
