Proverbs 17:19
He loves transgression who loves strife. He who raises high his gate seeks destruction.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
In Context
18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
20He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And 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.
1 Kings 1:5Then 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.
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.
Daniel 4:20The tree that thou saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to heaven, and the sight of it to all the earth,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:19
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Though Solomon had commended friendship in adversity ( v. 17 ), yet let not any, under pretence of being generous to their friends, be unjust to their families and wrong them; one part of our duty must be made to consist with another. Note, 1. It is a piece of wisdom to keep out of debt as much as may be, especially to dread suretiship. There may be a just occasion for a man to pass his word for his friend in his… Read the whole commentary →