Proverbs 17:19

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who love an offense love a fight; those who build their gate high court disaster.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:1

After this, Absalom provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty.

1 Kings 1:5

Adonijah, son of Haggith, boasted, “I shall be king!” and he provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty to go before him.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:14

The start of strife is like the opening of a dam; check a quarrel before it bursts forth!

Proverbs 18:12

Before disaster the heart is haughty, but before honor is humility.

Proverbs 24:27

Complete your outdoor tasks, and arrange your work in the field; afterward you can build your house.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person disputes with a fool, there is railing and ridicule but no resolution.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come I may find you not such as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish; that there may be rivalry, jealousy, fury, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

James 1:20

for the wrath of a man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.