Proverbs 17:19

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁸ A man lacking in sense pledges
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
¹⁹ He who loves transgression loves strife;
He who raises his door seeks destruction.
²⁰ He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

In Sin

Sin

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.

2 Samuel 15:1

Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.

1 Kings 1:5

Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your work outside
And make it ready for yourself in the field;
Afterwards, then, build your house.

Proverbs 29:9

When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,
The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

Proverbs 29:22-23

An angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

Jeremiah 22:13-15

“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness
And his upper rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And does not give him his wages,

Daniel 4:20-21

The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

James 1:20

for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.