Proverbs 17:19
"He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction."
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- Proverbs 16:18
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:12
"Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 25:36
"And 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 very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light."
Read in chapter → - James 3:14
"But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:14
"The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:22
"An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 15:1
"And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:9
"If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest."
Read in chapter → - James 1:20
"For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 1:5
"Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him."
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