Proverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
KJV
Qui meditatur discordias diligit rixas, et qui exaltat ostium quærit ruinam.
Vulgate
φιλαμαρτήμων χαίρει μάχαις,
LXX
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
ASV
אֹ֣הֵֽב פֶּ֭שַׁע אֹהֵ֣ב מַצָּ֑ה מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗/וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ שָֽׁבֶר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
גָּבַ֤הּ
gbh
verb · 34×
י
y
noun · 93×
מַצָּ֑ה
mtsh
noun · 3×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
שֶׁ֖בֶר
shbr
noun · 44×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 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.
- 1Sam 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
- 2Sam 15:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
- Jas 1:20 — For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
- Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Prov 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Prov 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Prov 17:14 — The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Prov 18:12 — Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
- Prov 24:27 — Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
- Prov 29:9 — If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
- Prov 29:22 — An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
- Prov 29:22 — An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.