Proverbs 17:19
What does Proverbs 17:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 17:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.
Context
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.
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