"He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction."
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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.
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Woe 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;
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
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:
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.