Proverbs 17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife - because strife both is itself a transgression, and is the source of many transgressions.

(And) he that exalteth his gate (i:e., his house: not as is quoted for the door, of the mouth) seeketh destruction. To 'love strife' is the mark of one who 'exalts' himself (). Such a one 'loving transgression' is virtually 'seeking destruction,' for destruction is the issue of transgression. Where two angrily contend, both are in fault. Imprecations, rash appeals to God, superciliousness, abuse, and implacable spite, are generally engendered, as the strife proceeds, whichever may have been in the right at first.