Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who loves transgression loves strife;
He who raises his door seeks destruction.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

One who loves to offend loves strife;
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

International Standard Version

The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

A Conservative Version

He loves transgression who loves strife. He who raises high his gate seeks destruction.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


He who loves transgression loves strife and is quarrelsome;
He who [proudly] raises his gate seeks destruction [because of his arrogant pride].

Bible in Basic English

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

Darby Translation

He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.

Julia Smith Translation

He loving transgression loves contention: he lifting up his gate seeks breaking.

King James 2000

He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

Modern King James verseion

He who loves fighting loves transgression; he who makes his gate high seeks ruin.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that loveth strife, delighteth in sin; and whoso setteth his door too high, seeketh after a fall.

NET Bible

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

New Heart English Bible

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

The Emphasized Bible

A lover of transgression, is one who loveth strife, he that heighteneth his door, seeketh grievous harm.

Webster

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

World English Bible

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He loveth
אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

פּשׁע 
Pesha` 
Usage: 93

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

מצּה 
Matstsah 
Usage: 3

and he that exalteth
גּבהּ 
Gabahh 
Usage: 34

פּתח 
Pethach 
Usage: 164

References

American

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

18 A man void of understanding strikes hands and becomes surety in the presence of his friend. 19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
He who raises his door seeks destruction.
20 He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.



Cross References

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

And Abigail came to Nabal, and, behold, he held a banquet in his house like the banquet of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken; 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 himself chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying, I will reign, and he prepared chariots and horsemen for himself and fifty men to run before him.

Proverbs 17:14

To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

Proverbs 18:12

Before being broken, the heart of man is haughty, and before coming into honour, comes being brought to humility.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without and make it fit for thyself in thine inheritance, and afterwards thou shalt build thine house.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

Proverbs 29:22-23

The angry man stirs up strife, and the furious man abounds in transgression.

Jeremiah 22:13-15

Woe unto him that builds his house and not in righteousness and his chambers and not in judgment, using his neighbour's service without wages and not giving him the wages of his work!

Daniel 4:20-21

The tree that thou didst see, which grew and made himself strong, whose height reached unto the heaven and the sight thereof to all the earth;

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I desire and that I shall be found unto you such as ye desire not, lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, rumours, tumults,

James 1:20

for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.

James 3:14-16

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and do not be liars against the truth.

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