Proverbs 17:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.”
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“He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:19 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- 2 Samuel 15:1Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 1 Kings 1:5At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 24:27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
- Daniel 4:20The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- James 1:20for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
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