He loveth transgression that loveth strife: And he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour is humility.
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, Whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Prepare thy work without, And make it fit for thyself in the field; And afterwards build thine house.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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.
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: