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Proverbs 13:10
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advisediswisdom.
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 not rebuke. 9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advisediswisdom. 11Wealthgotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall 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 21:24Proudandhaughty scorneris his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
- Judges 12:1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.
- 1 Kings 12:10And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to this people who spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us; thus shalt thou say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
- 2 Kings 14:10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy harm, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
- Luke 22:24And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
- 1 Timothy 6:4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,
- James 3:14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- James 4:1From wherecomewars and fightings among you? come theynot from this, even from your lusts that war in your members?
- Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel is wise.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.
- Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- Proverbs 20:18Everypurpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in its end, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- Judges 8:1And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why hast thou done this to us, that thou didst call us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did contend with him sharply.
- Luke 14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he hath sufficient to finish it ?
- Acts 6:1And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians 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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