Proverbs 17:19
Those who like to sin also like to cause strife/trouble; and those who build fancy doors in their houses to show that they are very wealthy (OR, speak proudly) are inviting disaster.
Translation for Translators
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 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, he was in his house, having a big celebration like kings have. He was very drunk and feeling very happy. So Abigail did not say anything to him that night about her meeting with David.
1 Kings 1:5After Absalom died, David’s oldest surviving son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. He was a very handsome/good-looking man. But David had never rebuked him about anything he did. After Absalom died, Adonijah thought that he would become king. So he started to boast, saying “I will become king now.” Then he provided for himself some chariots, and men to drive them, and horses to pull them, and 50 men to run as his bodyguards in front of those chariots wherever he went.
Proverbs 17:14Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam; they both need to be stopped before they get worse.
Proverbs 24:27First, do the work that needs to be done outside your house, and prepare your fields, and then plant things, and after you finish doing that, build your house.
Proverbs 29:22Those who quickly become angry cause many arguments, and they also commit many sins.
Daniel 4:20In your dream/vision you saw a very strong and very tall tree. It seemed to reach to the sky, with the result that everyone in the world could see it.
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 →