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Prov. 13:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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Prov. 21:24• ²⁴Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath. (Prov. 21:24)

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Judg. 12:1‑6• ¹And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, 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.
²And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.
³And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?
⁴And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.
⁵And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.
⁶Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce it rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand. (Judg. 12:1‑6)

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1 Kings 12:10‑11,16• ¹⁰And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people that have spoken to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and lighten thou it for us,--thus shalt thou say to them: My little finger is thicker than my father's loins;
¹¹and whereas my father laid a heavy yoke upon you, *I* will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but *I* will chastise you with scorpions.
¹⁶And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? And we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: To your tents, O Israel! Now see to thine own house, David! And Israel went to their tents. (1 Kings 12:10‑11,16)

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2 Kings 14:10• ¹⁰Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee? (2 Kings 14:10)

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Luke 22:24• ²⁴And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest. (Luke 22:24)

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1 Tim. 6:4• ⁴he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions, (1 Tim. 6:4)

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James 3:14‑16• ¹⁴but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
¹⁵This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.
¹⁶For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing. (James 3:14‑16)

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James 4:1,5‑6• ¹Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence,--from your pleasures, which war in your members?
⁵Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
⁶But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly. (James 4:1,5‑6)

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3 John 9‑10• ⁹I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.
¹⁰For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly. (3 John 9‑10)

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Prov. 12:15‑16• ¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
¹⁶The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame. (Prov. 12:15‑16)

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Prov. 17:14• ¹⁴The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement. (Prov. 17:14)

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Prov. 19:20• ²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. (Prov. 19:20)

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Prov. 20:18• ¹⁸Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war. (Prov. 20:18)

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Prov. 25:8• 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. (Prov. 25:8)

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Judg. 8:1‑3• ¹And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing thou hast done to us, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they disputed with him sharply.
²And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
³Into your hands hath God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their spirit was appeased toward him, when he said that word. (Judg. 8:1‑3)

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Luke 14:28‑32• ²⁸For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what is needed to complete it;
²⁹in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,
³⁰saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
³¹Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?
³²and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace. (Luke 14:28‑32)

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Acts 6:1‑5• ¹But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.
²And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.
³Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:
⁴but *we* will give ourselves up to prayer and the ministry of the word.
⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch, (Acts 6:1‑5)

• What a commentary on the subtle pride in all quarters are the many bitter contentions between individual saints and collective bodies meeting in the name of Christ! (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)

• In the matter of the strife between the herdmen of Abram and Lot, we see how pride was at the root. Most effectually did Abram meet it, when he offered first choice to the man who had no title whatever to the land which Jehovah had given to the other (Gen. 13). (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By pride there only comethc contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.

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Or "Only by pride cometh."