Proverbs 17:19

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Proverbs 17:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

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Proverbs 17:14

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

James 1:20

for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

James 3:14

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

James 3:15

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 24:27

Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

1 Samuel 25:36

When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

1 Samuel 25:37

In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.

1 Samuel 25:38

About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

2 Samuel 15:1

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

1 Kings 1:5

At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

Jeremiah 22:15

Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

Daniel 4:20

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

Daniel 4:21

whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—