Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 10:12

"Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions." — Proverbs 10:12 (ASV)

Hatred stirreth up strifes ...—Hatred rakes up again old feuds which have slumbered, but love covers up and refuses to look at any wrong done to it. A similar expression occurs in 1 Peter 4:8 and James 5:20, though probably in a somewhat different sense. (See the note on the former passage.)