Devine Scripture

Proverbs 17:19

Proverbs chapter 17 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

v.19This passage

v.20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 1:5

    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.

  • Daniel 4:20

    The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

  • Proverbs 17:14

    The beginning of strife isas when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

  • Proverbs 29:22

    An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

  • 1 Samuel 25:36

    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.

  • Proverbs 24:27

    Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.