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19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs 17:19 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 19)Note, 1. Those that are quarrelsome involve themselves in a great deal of guilt: He that loves strife , that in his worldly business loves to go to law, in religion loves controversies, and in common conversation loves to thwart and fall out, that is never well but when he is in the fire, he loves transgression ; for a great deal of sin attends that sin, and the way of it is down-hill. He pretends...
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