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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 13:10
Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord, but wise men and women listen to each other's counsel.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.
Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.
Hebrew Names Version
By pride comes only quarrels, But with ones who take advice is wisdom.
By pride comes only quarrels, But with ones who take advice is wisdom.
King James Version
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
English Standard Version
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
Through overconfidence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Through overconfidence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
New Century Version
Pride only leads to arguments, but those who take advice are wise.
Pride only leads to arguments, but those who take advice are wise.
New English Translation
With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Amplified Bible
Through pride and presumption come nothing but strife, But [skillful and godly] wisdom is with those who welcome [well-advised] counsel.
Through pride and presumption come nothing but strife, But [skillful and godly] wisdom is with those who welcome [well-advised] counsel.
World English Bible
By pride comes only quarrels, But with ones who take advice is wisdom.
By pride comes only quarrels, But with ones who take advice is wisdom.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
Legacy Standard Bible
With arrogance comes only quarreling,But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.
With arrogance comes only quarreling,But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.
Berean Standard Bible
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Contemporary English Version
Too much pride causes trouble. Be sensible and take advice.
Too much pride causes trouble. Be sensible and take advice.
Complete Jewish Bible
Insolence produces only strife, but wisdom is found with those who take advice.
Insolence produces only strife, but wisdom is found with those who take advice.
Darby Translation
By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
Easy-to-Read Version
Pride causes arguments, but those who listen to others are wise.
Pride causes arguments, but those who listen to others are wise.
George Lamsa Translation
A wicked man commits shameful things; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
A wicked man commits shameful things; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
Good News Translation
Arrogance causes nothing but trouble. It is wiser to ask for advice.
Arrogance causes nothing but trouble. It is wiser to ask for advice.
Lexham English Bible
Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom is with those who take advice.
Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom is with those who take advice.
Literal Translation
Argument only comes by pride, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
Argument only comes by pride, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.
Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.
American Standard Version
By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
Bible in Basic English
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
King James Version (1611)
Onely by pride commeth contention: but with the well aduised is wisedome.
Onely by pride commeth contention: but with the well aduised is wisedome.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Among the proude there is euer strife: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
Among the proude there is euer strife: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
English Revised Version
By pride cometh only contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
By pride cometh only contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Stryues ben euere a mong proude men; but thei that don alle thingis with counsel, ben gouerned bi wisdom.
Stryues ben euere a mong proude men; but thei that don alle thingis with counsel, ben gouerned bi wisdom.
Update Bible Version
By pride comes only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
By pride comes only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
Webster's Bible Translation
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised [is] wisdom.
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised [is] wisdom.
New King James Version
By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.
By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.
New Living Translation
Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise.
Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise.
New Life Bible
Fighting comes only from pride, but wisdom is with those who listen when told what they should do.
Fighting comes only from pride, but wisdom is with those who listen when told what they should do.
New Revised Standard
By insolence the heedless make strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
By insolence the heedless make strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.
Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.
Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.
Revised Standard Version
By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Young's Literal Translation
A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled [is] wisdom.
A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled [is] wisdom.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Through insolence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Through insolence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Contextual Overview
10 Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord, but wise men and women listen to each other's counsel.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Only: Proverbs 21:24, Judges 12:1-6, 1 Kings 12:10, 1 Kings 12:11, 1 Kings 12:16, 2 Kings 14:10, Luke 22:24, 1 Timothy 6:4, James 3:14-16, James 4:1, James 4:5, James 4:6, 3 John 1:9, 3 John 1:10
with: Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 19:20, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 25:8, Judges 8:1-3, Luke 14:28-32, Acts 6:1-5
Reciprocal: Numbers 12:2 - hath he not Numbers 16:10 - and seek Judges 19:30 - consider Ruth 4:3 - he said 1 Samuel 18:8 - the saying 2 Samuel 19:43 - ten parts 1 Kings 12:14 - My father made 2 Kings 5:11 - Naaman 2 Kings 14:8 - Come 2 Chronicles 25:19 - heart Proverbs 18:6 - fool's Proverbs 28:25 - that is Ecclesiastes 7:8 - the patient Jeremiah 41:1 - of the Matthew 20:24 - they Mark 9:35 - If Mark 10:41 - they Romans 2:8 - contentious 1 Corinthians 1:11 - that there 1 Corinthians 13:4 - vaunteth not itself Philippians 2:3 - nothing Philippians 2:14 - disputings
Cross-References
Genesis 3:6
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold.
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold.
Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
Genesis 14:8
That's when the king of Sodom marched out with the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar. They drew up in battle formation against their enemies in the Valley of Siddim—against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
That's when the king of Sodom marched out with the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar. They drew up in battle formation against their enemies in the Valley of Siddim—against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
Isaiah 15:5
Oh, how I grieve for Moab! Refugees stream to Zoar and then on to Eglath-shelishiyah. Up the slopes of Luhith they weep; on the road to Horonaim they cry their loss. The springs of Nimrim are dried up— grass brown, buds stunted, nothing grows. They leave, carrying all their possessions on their backs, everything they own, Making their way as best they can across Willow Creek to safety. Poignant cries reverberate all through Moab, Gut-wrenching sobs as far as Eglaim, heart-racking sobs all the way to Beer-elim. The banks of the Dibon crest with blood, but God has worse in store for Dibon: A lion—a lion to finish off the fugitives, to clean up whoever's left in the land.
Oh, how I grieve for Moab! Refugees stream to Zoar and then on to Eglath-shelishiyah. Up the slopes of Luhith they weep; on the road to Horonaim they cry their loss. The springs of Nimrim are dried up— grass brown, buds stunted, nothing grows. They leave, carrying all their possessions on their backs, everything they own, Making their way as best they can across Willow Creek to safety. Poignant cries reverberate all through Moab, Gut-wrenching sobs as far as Eglaim, heart-racking sobs all the way to Beer-elim. The banks of the Dibon crest with blood, but God has worse in store for Dibon: A lion—a lion to finish off the fugitives, to clean up whoever's left in the land.
Jeremiah 48:34
"Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, and the people in Jahaz will hear the cries. They will hear them all the way from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.
"Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, and the people in Jahaz will hear the cries. They will hear them all the way from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.
Ezekiel 28:13
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Only by pride cometh contention,.... Though it comes by other things, yet by this chiefly, and there are no contentions without it: or "truly", "verily", "certainly d, by pride", c. Unless the words may be better rendered, "an empty man through pride will give contention" e, or make it such as are empty of knowledge and wisdom; and such are generally the most proud, and are very apt to raise contentions, and foment divisions: contentions in families, in neighbourhoods, in towns, cities, and countries, and in churches, are generally owing to pride; what contentions and confusions has the pride of the pope of Rome brought into kingdoms and states, into councils, and into the church of God!
but with the well advised [is] wisdom: such who are humble and modest will seek counsel of God; will consult the sacred oracles, and ask advice of those who are superior to them in knowledge and understanding; and so will neither raise contentions themselves, nor join with those that make them, but do all they can to lay them; these show that true wisdom is with them.
d רק "certe", Vatablus; "vere", Pagninus, Montanus, Merecrus. e "Levis per superbiam dabit contentionam", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Either:
(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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 13:10. By 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 men. The salvation of Christ is a deliverance from pride, and a being clothed with humility. As far as we are humble, so far we are saved.
