Verse 19
"Raising the door" does not mean opening it, but building a higher, more splendid door for the sake of impressing others. Just as a person who loves transgression thereby sets himself up for strife, so the person who loves to display his wealth is setting himself up for destruction. His door publicizes his wealth and attracts the interest of burglars. Some interpreters take the gate figuratively.
". . . the gate is the mouth, and so to make it high is to say lofty things-he brags too much (see 1 Samuel 2:3; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23)." [Note: Ross, p. 1019.]
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