Proverbs 17:19
The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.
1 Kings 1:5Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.
Proverbs 17:14The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
Proverbs 24:27Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
Daniel 4:20The tree which you saw, which became tall and strong, stretching up to heaven and seen from the ends of 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 →