Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Loveth

Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t
James 1:20
For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
James 3:14
But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.

He that

Proverbs 16:18
Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor [is] humility.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
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 drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
2 Samuel 15:1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Kings 1:5
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king. And he prepared chariots for him, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Daniel 4:20
The tree that thou saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to heaven, and the sight of it to all the earth,

General references

Proverbs 16:18
Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.