Proverbs 17:19
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
In Context
18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal [is] glad within him, and he [is] drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.
1 Kings 1:5And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, 'I do reign;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him,
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
Proverbs 24:27Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field — go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
Daniel 4:20The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,
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 →