Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 13:10
10By pride cometh only contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 13:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
- New International Version (NIV)Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
- New King James Version (NKJV)By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.
Context of Proverbs 13:10
8The ransom of a man’s life is his riches: but the poor heareth no threatening. 9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. By pride cometh only contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. 11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall have increase. 12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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רַק־בְּ֭זָדוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְאֶת־נ֖וֹעָצִ֣ים חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 13:10
- Proverbs 21:24The proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, he worketh in the arrogance of pride.
- Judges 12:1And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
- 1 Kings 12:10And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
- 2 Kings 14:10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
- Luke 22:24And there arose also a contention among them, which of them is accounted to be greatest.
- 1 Timothy 6:4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
- James 3:14But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
- James 4:1Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?
- Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.
- Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war,
- Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- Judges 8:1And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him sharply.
- Luke 14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?
- Acts 6:1Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10By pride cometh contention - Perhaps there is not a quarrel among individuals in private life, nor a war among nations, that does not proceed from pride and ambition. Neither man nor nation will be content to be less than another; and to acquire the wished-for superiority all is thrown into general confusion, both in public and private life. It was to destroy this spirit of pride, that Jesus was manifested in the extreme of humility and humiliation among…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Either: (1) “By pride alone comes contention” - that is the one unfailing spring of quarrels; or (2) “By pride comes contention only” - it, and it alone, is the fruit of pride.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 All contentions, whether between private persons, families, churches, or nations, are begun and carried forward by pride. Disputes would be easily prevented or ended, if it were not for pride.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. The obstinacy which attends self-conceit, produces contention, which the well-advised, thus evincing modesty, avoid.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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