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Proverbs 17

Prov. 17:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Het loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
transgression
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
that loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
strife
matstsah (Hebrew #4683)
a quarrel
KJV usage: contention, debate, strife.
Pronounce: mats-tsaw'
Origin: from 5327
: and he that exalteth
gabahh (Hebrew #1361)
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
KJV usage: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Pronounce: gaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
his gate
pethach (Hebrew #6607)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
KJV usage: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
Pronounce: peh'-thakh
Origin: from 6605
seeketh
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
destruction
sheber (Hebrew #7667)
from 7665; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
KJV usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Pronounce: sheh'-ber
Origin: or sheber {shay'-ber}
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James 3:16• 16For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed. (James 3:16)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 17:14• 14The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water;{HR}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,{HR}Whether he rage or laugh, [he] hath no rest.
 22An angry man exciteth contention;{HR}And a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:9,22)
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2 Cor. 12:20• 20For I fear lest by any means on coming I find you not such as I wish, and I be found by you such as ye wish not; lest by any means [there be] strife, jealousy, wraths, feuds, slanderings, whisperings, swellings, confusions; (2 Cor. 12:20)
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James 1:20• 20for man's wrath worketh not God's righteousness. (James 1:20)
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James 3:14‑16• 14But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
 16For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed. (James 3:14‑16)
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Prov. 16:18• 18Pride [goeth] before destruction;{HR}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,{HR}and before honour [is] humility. (Prov. 18:12)
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Prov. 24:27• 27Prepare thy work without,{HR}And make it ready for thee in the field;{HR}And afterward 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 him 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 chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; that saith,
 14I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
 15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and 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 heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
 21whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all: under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel:{HR}He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.