Verse 19

He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.
  • Prov 29:22-23 : 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll. 23 After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
  • Jer 22:13-15 : 13 Wo worth hym that buyldeth his house with vnrighteousnesse, and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence, which neuer recompenceth his neighbours labour, nor payeth hym his hyre: 14 Who thinketh in hym selfe, I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours, who causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper. 15 Thinkest thou to raigne nowe that thou hast inclosed thy selfe with Cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equitie and righteousnesse?
  • Dan 4:20-21 : 20 As for the tree that thou sawest, which was great and mightie, whose heyght reached vnto the heauen, and the sight therof through all the world, 21 Whose leaues were fayre, and the fruite therof much, and in it was meate for all: vnder the which the beastes of the fielde had their habitation, and vpon whose braunches the foules of the aire did sit:
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I feare lest when I come, I shall not fynde you such as I woulde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you, such as ye woulde not: lest there be debates, enuyinges, wrathes, strifes, backbitinges, whisperinges, swellinges, & seditions:
  • Jas 1:20 : 20 For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth. 15 For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe. 16 For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng. 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.
  • 2 Sam 15:1 : 1 After this, Absalo prepared him charettes & horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 And Adonia the sonne of Haggith exalted him selfe, saying: I wilbe king. And he gat him charettes and horsemen, and fyftie men to runne before him.