Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 13:10
10Arrogance yields nothing but strife. Wisdom belongs to those who take advice.
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
8A man’s riches may ransom his life, but a poor person hears no threat. 9The light of the righteous shines brightly. The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. Arrogance yields nothing but strife. Wisdom belongs to those who take advice. 11Wealth gained by fraud dwindles, but he who gathers by labor increases it. 12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:10 word by word
רַק־בְּ֭זָדוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְאֶת־נ֖וֹעָצִ֣ים חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 13:10
- Proverbs 21:24A proud and haughty man —Mocker is his name— acts with overbearing pride.
- Judges 12:1Then the men of Ephraim were summoned and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the children of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”
- 1 Kings 12:10The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him saying: “Thus you should say to these people who spoke to you saying ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ thus you should say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!
- 2 Kings 14:10You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become arrogant. Glory and stay at home! Why should you provoke trouble and cause your own downfall—you and Judah with you?”
- Luke 22:24But there was also a quarrel among them about which of them is considered the greatest.
- 1 Timothy 6:4he is prideful, understanding nothing. Instead he is obsessed with arguments and disputes about words—out of which come envy, strife, slander, evil suspicions,
- James 3:14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
- James 4:1Where do quarrels and conflicts among you come from? Don’t they come from this, namely your passions that battle within your body parts?
- Proverbs 12:15A fool’s way is right in his own eyes, but the wise listen to advice.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is like letting out water— so stop a quarrel before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 19:20Listen to advice and accept instruction, so that in the end you may be wise.
- Proverbs 20:18Plans are made by counsel, so wage war with guidance.
- Proverbs 25:8do not bring hastily to court, or what will you do afterward, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- Judges 8:1Now the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?” So they criticized him sharply.
- Luke 14:28“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and figure out the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?
- Acts 6:1Now in those days, when the disciples were multiplying, grumbling arose among the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily support.
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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