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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• ²⁴A proud [and] arrogant one, scorner [is] his name,{HR}Dealeth in haughtiness of pride. (Prov. 21:24)

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Judg. 12:1‑6• ¹{i}And 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.{/i}
²{i}And 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.{/i}
³{i}And 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?{/i}
⁴{i}And 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.{/i}
⁵{i}And 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.{/i}
⁶{i}Then 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.{/i} (Judg. 12:1‑6)

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1 Kings 12:10‑11,16• ¹⁰And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
¹¹And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
¹⁶So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying,{HR}What portion have we in David?{HR}Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:{HR}To your tents, O Israel:{HR}Now see to thine own house, David.{HR}So Israel departed unto their tents. (1 Kings 12:10‑11,16)

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2 Kings 14:10• ¹⁰{i}Thou 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?{/i} (2 Kings 14:10)

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Luke 22:24• ²⁴And there was also a strife among them which of them should be accounted greater. (Luke 22:24)

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1 Tim. 6:4• ⁴he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questionings and word-disputes, out of which cometh envy, strife, revilings, evil suspicions, (1 Tim. 6:4)

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James 3:14‑16• ¹⁴But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
¹⁵This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
¹⁶For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed. (James 3:14‑16)

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James 4:1,5‑6• ¹Whence [are] wars and whence fightings among you? [Are they] not hence, from your pleasures that combat in your members?
⁵Or think ye that the scripture saith in vain? Doth the Spirit that took his dwelling in us long unto envy?
⁶But he giveth more grace; wherefore he saith, God setteth himself against haughty [men], but giveth grace to lowly. (James 4:1,5‑6)

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3 John 9‑10• ⁹I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes that loveth pre-eminence among them receiveth us not.
¹⁰For this reason if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these things, neither himself receiveth the brethren, and those who would he hindereth and casteth out of the church. (3 John 9‑10)

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Prov. 12:15‑16• ¹⁵The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes;{HR}But he that is wise hearkeneth to counsel.
¹⁶The vexation of the fool is known presently (in that day);{HR}But he that concealeth shame is prudent. (Prov. 12:15‑16)

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Prov. 17:14• ¹⁴The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water;{HR}Therefore leave off strife before it become vehement. (Prov. 17:14)

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

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Prov. 20:18• ¹⁸Purpose is established by counsel,{HR}And with wise guidance make war. (Prov. 20:18)

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Prov. 25:8• ⁸Go not forth hastily to strive,{HR}Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof,{HR}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 unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
²And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
³{i}Into 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.{/i} (Judg. 8:1‑3)

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Luke 14:28‑32• ²⁸{i}For 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;{/i}
²⁹{i}in 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,{/i}
³⁰{i}saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?{/i}
³¹{i}Or 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?{/i}
³²{i}and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.{/i} (Luke 14:28‑32)

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Acts 6:1‑5• ¹Now in those days, when the disciples were multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews that their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.
²And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples unto [them] said, It is not seemly that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.
³Look out then, brethren, from among you seven men of good report full of [the] Spirit and wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business;
⁴but we for our part will give ourselves closely to prayer and the ministry of the word.
⁵And the saying pleased all the multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of [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."

W. Kelly Translation

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By pride cometh only contention;{HR}But with the well-advised [is] wisdom.