Proverbs 17:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: And he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction.

American Standard Version (1901)

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

Common English Bible

Those who love an offense love a quarrel; those who build a high doorway invite a collapse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever dwells on discord loves disputes. And whoever exalts his door seeks ruin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.

Proverbs 17:19 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:1

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thine house.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

James 1:20

for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.