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Proverbs 17:19

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19To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time,d you are asking for trouble.

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  1. dbrag … time; or make a show of your wealth.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever loves transgression loves strife;

he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;

whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One who loves to offend loves strife;

one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

NLTNew Living Translation

Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin;

anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who loves transgression loves strife;

he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

KJV 1900King James Version

He loveth transgression that loveth strife:

And he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.