Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
New American Standard Bible
He who
King James Version
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
Contentiousness » The contentious spirit
Destruction » Who seeks destruction
Dissention » The contentious spirit
Exaltation » Of self » Self-exaltation, the folly of
Exaltation » Those that exalt themselves
Strife » Those that love strife
Strife » Evidences a love of transgression
The lord seeking that which was lost » Who seeks destruction
Topics
Interlinear
Gabahh
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
18 A person who lacks {sense} {pledges}; he becomes security before his neighbor. 19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction. 20 He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 16:18
Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and look, {he was holding a feast} in his house like the feast of the king. {Nabal was enjoying himself}, and he [was] very drunk, so she did not tell him a thing, {nothing at all}, until the light of morning.
2 Samuel 15:1
It happened afterward that Absalom made himself a chariot with horses and fifty men running before him.
1 Kings 1:5
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying, "I will be king," so he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men running before him.
Proverbs 17:14
[Like] the release of water [is] the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.
Proverbs 18:12
In the presence of destruction, the heart of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.
Proverbs 29:9
[If] a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, then there is rankling and ridicule, but there is no relief.
Proverbs 29:22-23
A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.
Jeremiah 22:13-15
Woe [to the one who] builds his house without righteousness, and his upper rooms without justice. His fellow countryman, he works for nothing, and he does not give to him his wages.
Daniel 4:20-21
The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong and its height reached to heaven and {it was visible to the end of the whole earth},
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid lest somehow [when I] arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. [I am afraid] lest somehow [there will be] strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.
James 1:20
for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
James 3:14-16
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.