Proverbs 17:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:1

Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:14

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Proverbs 24:27

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;

James 1:20

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.