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

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

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.

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

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

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

“ Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;who says,‘ I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself; with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red.“ Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth;whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation:

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,