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Prov. 17:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Het loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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James 3:16• ¹⁶For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing. (James 3:16)

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Prov. 17:14• ¹⁴The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement. (Prov. 17:14)

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Prov. 29:9,22• ⁹If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest.
²²An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:9,22)

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2 Cor. 12:20• ²⁰For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances; (2 Cor. 12:20)

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James 1:20• ²⁰for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness. (James 1:20)

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James 3:14‑16• ¹⁴but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
¹⁵This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.
¹⁶For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing. (James 3:14‑16)

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Prov. 16:18• ¹⁸Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:18)

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Prov. 18:12• ¹²Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour goeth humility. (Prov. 18:12)

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Prov. 24:27• ²⁷Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house. (Prov. 24:27)

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1 Sam. 25:36‑38• 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 drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
³⁷And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
³⁸And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died. (1 Sam. 25:36‑38)

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2 Sam. 15:1• ¹And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. (2 Sam. 15:1)

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1 Kings 1:5• ⁵And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he provided himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (1 Kings 1:5)

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Jer. 22:13‑15• ¹³Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;
¹⁴that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
¹⁵Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him. (Jer. 22:13‑15)

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Dan. 4:20‑21• ²⁰The tree that thou sawest, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto the heavens, and the sight of it to all the earth;
²¹whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation: (Dan. 4:20‑21)

• There are those who delight in contention, and who thereby manifest their love for their own ways, being impatient of restraint. In their haughtiness, they make high their gates, thus inviting destruction; for, exalting themselves, they are near to a fall. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.