Proverbs 17:19

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
  • Prov 29:22-23 : 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression. 23 A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
  • Jer 22:13-15 : 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire; 14 that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
  • Dan 4:20-21 : 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; 21 whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
  • Jas 1:20 : 20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.
  • 2 Sam 15:1 : 1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 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.

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