One who loves wrongdoing loves strife; One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.

喜爱争竞的，是喜爱过犯；高立家门的，乃自取败坏。

喜爱争吵的，是喜爱过犯；门盖得高的，自取败坏。

喜爱争吵的，是喜爱过犯；门盖得高的，自取败坏。

喜爱争斗的喜爱犯罪，骄傲自大的自招灭亡。

喜爱争竞的就是喜爱过犯；把家门建高的自取灭亡。

喜爱纷争的，是喜爱过犯；高立门户的，是自寻破败。

喜愛爭競的，是喜愛過犯；高立家門的，乃自取敗壞。

喜愛爭吵的，是喜愛過犯；門蓋得高的，自取敗壞。

喜愛爭吵的，是喜愛過犯；門蓋得高的，自取敗壞。

喜愛爭鬥的喜愛犯罪，驕傲自大的自招滅亡。

喜愛爭競的就是喜愛過犯；把家門建高的自取滅亡。

愛爭競的、是愛受傷；高立其門的、自尋破毁。

喜愛紛爭的，是喜愛過犯；高立門戶的，是自尋破敗。

好爭競者喜罪過、高門閭者求敗亡、

好勇鬥狠、陷於罪戾、志驕心傲、致於敗亡。

好爭者喜罪、高立家門者必敗、

Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

The one who loves to argue loves to sin. The one who builds a high gate is just asking to be destroyed.

Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin; anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.

One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

He who loves transgression loves strife, And he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

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

One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife:[ and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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

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

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

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

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was having a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was cheerful within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became like a stone.About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.

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

Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run ahead of him.

for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

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

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

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.

An angry person stirs up strife, And a hot tempered person abounds in wrongdoing.A person’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

“ Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness, And his upstairs rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay And does not give him his wages,Who says,‘ I will build myself a large house With spacious upstairs rooms, And cut out its windows, Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.’Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did your father not eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well for him.

The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which the animals of the field lived and in whose branches the birds of the sky settled—

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, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;