Proverbs 17:19 Cross References - NSB

¹⁹ He who loves transgression loves discord. He who opens his door seeks destruction.

³⁶ When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king’s banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn. ³⁷ In the morning after the effects of the wine wore off his wife told him what had happened. Nabal had a stroke. He could not move. ³⁸ Ten days later Jehovah made him sicker and Nabal died.

¹ Absalom provided a chariot and horses for himself. He had an escort of fifty men to run ahead of him.

⁵ Adonijah, son of Haggith, was very handsome. His mother gave birth to him after Maacah had Absalom. Adonijah boasted about himself, saying, »I will be king.« He got a chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

¹⁴ Starting a quarrel is like releasing water [from a floodgate]. Therefore stop contention before it begins.

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is prideful. Humility comes before honor and glory.

²⁷ Prepare your outside work. Make it fit for yourself in the field. After that build your house.

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

⁹ If a wise man disputes with a foolish man, whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no rest.

²² An angry man stirs up dissension. A furious man abounds in sin. ²³ A man's pride will bring him low. The humble in spirit retain honor.

¹³ »Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages. ¹⁴ »‘Woe to him who says: ‘I will build myself a roomy house with spacious upper rooms, and cut out its windows. I will panel it with cedar and paint it bright red (vermilion).’ ¹⁵ Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

²⁰ ‘»The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to heaven, and was seen in the distant parts of the earth; ²¹ whose leaves were beautiful and fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens lived:

²⁰ I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

²⁰ The anger of man does not promote the righteousness of God.

¹⁴ If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not a wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and devilish. ¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfishness are, there is confusion and every evil deed.