Proverbs 17:19
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Builds Debate Destruction Disobedience Door Doorway Entrance Exalteth Fighting Gate High Invites Loves Loving Makes Maketh Making Quarrel Raises Raiseth Seeketh Seeking Seeks Sin Strife Transgression
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Builds Debate Destruction Disobedience Door Doorway Entrance Exalteth Fighting Gate High Invites Loves Loving Makes Maketh Making Quarrel Raises Raiseth Seeketh Seeking Seeks Sin Strife Transgression
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English Standard Version
Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

New American Standard Bible
He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction.

King James Bible
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

International Standard Version
The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

NET Bible
The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that loves evil loves fraud and brawling, and he that exalts his gate seeks ruin for his soul.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever loves sin loves a quarrel. Whoever builds his city gate high invites destruction.

King James 2000 Bible
He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

American King James Version
He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.

American Standard Version
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.

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

English Revised Version
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: he that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

Webster's Bible Translation
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

World English Bible
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
Lexicon
He loveth
'ahab  (aw-hab')
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) -- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
transgression
pesha`  (peh'-shah)
a revolt (national, moral or religious) -- rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
that loveth
'ahab  (aw-hab')
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) -- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
strife
matstsah  (mats-tsaw')
a quarrel -- contention, debate, strife.
and he that exalteth
gabahh  (gaw-bah')
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty -- exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.;
his gate
pethach  (peh'-thakh)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way -- door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
seeketh
baqash  (baw-kash')
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
destruction
sheber  (sheh'-ber)
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream) -- affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
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