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Proverbs 17:19
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One who loves to offend loves strife;one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
One who loves wrongdoing loves strife; One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
Whoever loves to argue loves to sin. Whoever brags a lot is asking for trouble.
He who loves transgression loves strife and is quarrelsome; He who [proudly] raises his gate seeks destruction [because of his arrogant pride].
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction.
He who loves transgression loves quarreling;He who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
The wicked and the proud love trouble and keep begging to be hurt.
Those who love quarreling love giving offense; those who make their gates tall are courting disaster.
He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.
A troublemaker loves to start arguments. Anyone who likes to brag is asking for trouble.
He who loves iniquity loves deceit and strife; and he who exalts himself seeks destruction.
To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble.
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
He loving strife loves rebellion, he who exalts his door seeks shattering.
He yt loueth strife, delyteth in synne: & who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction.
He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.
A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: he that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
He that bithenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng.
He who loves transgression loves strife: He that raises his gate high seeks destruction.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.
He who loves transgression loves strife, And he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin; anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.
He who loves sin loves making trouble. He who opens his door wide for trouble is looking for a way to be destroyed.
One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.
A lover of transgression, is one who loveth strife, he that heighteneth his door, seeketh grievous harm.
He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
The person who courts sin marries trouble; build a wall, invite a burglar.
He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
loveth: Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 29:9, Proverbs 29:22, 2 Corinthians 12:20, James 1:20, James 3:14-16
he that: Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 24:27, 1 Samuel 25:36-38, 2 Samuel 15:1, 1 Kings 1:5, Jeremiah 22:13-15, Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:21
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 22:14 - I will
Cross-References
And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.
And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.
And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.
He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.
And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.
And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.
Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He loveth transgression that loveth strife,.... For strife is transgression, when it flows from a malignant spirit, is with bad views, about things to no profit, and for contention's sake; otherwise to contend earnestly for the truth; to strive together for the faith of the Gospel, for matters of moment and importance, and not mere words; to strive lawfully in a cause that is just, and for truth and justice, is commendable and praiseworthy;
[and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction; that opens the door of his lips, and speaks proudly, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it; who compare it with Micah 7:5; who set their mouths against heaven, and God in it; and whose tongue walks through the earth, and spares none there, Psalms 73:8; as antichrist, who opens his mouth in blasphemy against God and his tabernacle, and exalts himself above all that is called God; and such, sooner or later, bring destruction on themselves, and find it as surely as if they sought for it. Or this may be understood of proud ambitious persons, that build houses more magnificent than their substance will allow of, the gate being put for the whole; by which means they bring themselves to ruin. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, have it in Proverbs 17:16, "he that buildeth his house high"; or who behaves proudly.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He that exalteth his gate - i. e., Builds a stately house, indulges in arrogant ostentation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:19. He that exalteth his gate — In different parts of Palestine they are obliged to have the doors of their courts and houses very low, not more than three feet high, to prevent the Arabs, who scarcely ever leave the backs of their horses, from riding into the courts and houses, and spoiling their goods. He, then, who, through pride and ostentation, made a high gate, exposed himself to destruction; and is said here to seek it, because he must know that this would be a necessary consequence of exalting his gate. But although the above is a fact, yet possibly gate is here taken for the mouth; and the exalting of the gate may mean proud boasting and arrogant speaking, such as has a tendency to kindle and maintain strife. And this interpretation seems to agree better with the scope of the context than the above.
