Proverbs 17:19 - King James 2000

¹⁹ He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: And he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ 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)

¹⁹ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Those who love an offense love a quarrel; those who build a high doorway invite a collapse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Whoever dwells on discord loves disputes. And whoever exalts his door seeks ruin.

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2 Samuel 15:1

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared himself chariots 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 himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the foolish man rages or laughs, there is no rest.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found unto you such as you desire not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, conceit, tumults:

James 1:20

For the anger of man works not the righteousness of God.