Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction. New Living Translation Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin; anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster. English Standard Version Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. Berean Standard Bible He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction. King James Bible He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. New King James Version He who loves transgression loves strife, And he who exalts his gate seeks destruction. New American Standard Bible One who loves wrongdoing loves strife; One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction. NASB 1995 He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction. NASB 1977 He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction. Legacy Standard Bible He who loves transgression loves quarreling; He who makes his doorway high seeks destruction. Amplified Bible He who loves transgression loves strife and is quarrelsome; He who [proudly] raises his gate seeks destruction [because of his arrogant pride]. Christian Standard Bible One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury. Holman Christian Standard Bible One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury. American Standard Version He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation A lover of sin rejoices in strifes; Contemporary English Version The wicked and the proud love trouble and keep begging to be hurt. Douay-Rheims Bible He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin. English Revised Version He loveth transgression that loveth strife: he that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever loves sin loves a quarrel. Whoever builds his city gate high invites destruction. Good News Translation To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble. International Standard Version The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction. JPS Tanakh 1917 He loveth transgression that loveth strife; He that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. Literal Standard Version Whoever is loving transgression is loving debate, | Whoever is making his entrance high is seeking destruction. Majority Standard Bible He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction. New American Bible Those who love an offense love a fight; those who build their gate high court disaster. NET Bible The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction. New Revised Standard Version One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones. New Heart English Bible He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness…18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor. 19He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction. 20The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.… Cross References Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression. Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor. Treasury of Scripture He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction. loveth Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. Proverbs 29:9,22 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest… 2 Corinthians 12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: he that Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Proverbs 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Jump to Previous 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 TransgressionJump to Next 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 TransgressionProverbs 17 1. Contrasts between the Righteous and the Wicked(19) He that exalteth his gate.--Builds himself a sumptuous house.Verse 19. - He loveth transgression that loveth strife, because strife leads to many breaches of the commandments (comp. Proverbs 29:22; James 1:20). Septuagint, "He who loveth sin rejoices in battles." And he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He who builds a sumptuous house and lives in the way that his magnificent surroundings demand draws ruin on himself, either because he affects a state which he is unable to support, or acts so as to provoke reprisals and injurious consequences. The entrance to a Palestinian house would usually be of humble dimensions and sparse ornamentation; any doorway of great architectural pretensions would be uncommon, and would be regarded as a token of extraordinary wealth or reprehensible pride. Aben Ezra, taking "gate" as a metaphor for "mouth," explains the hemistich of the danger of random or excessive speech. This makes a good parallel with the first clause; but it is doubtful whether the words will bear this interpretation (see Hitzig); and the two clauses may present two forms of selfishness, captiousness and ostentation, both of which lead to quarrels and ruin (comp. Proverbs 16:18). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He who lovesאֹ֣הֵֽב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f transgression פֶּ֭שַׁע (pe·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6588: Transgression loves אֹהֵ֣ב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f strife; מַצָּ֑ה (maṣ·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4683: Strife, contention he who builds his gate פִּ֝תְח֗וֹ (piṯ·ḥōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way high מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ (maḡ·bî·ah) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty invites מְבַקֶּשׁ־ (mə·ḇaq·qeš-) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after destruction. שָֽׁבֶר׃ (šā·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash Links Proverbs 17:19 NIVProverbs 17:19 NLT Proverbs 17:19 ESV Proverbs 17:19 NASB Proverbs 17:19 KJV Proverbs 17:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 17:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 17:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 17:19 French Bible Proverbs 17:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 17:19 He who loves disobedience loves strife (Prov. 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