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                        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_.... 
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                        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.... 
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                        CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE
The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is
continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the
righteous, illust... 
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                        PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups
of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of
waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1... 
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                        BY PRIDE COMETH CONTENTION. by pride only cometh, &c. Illustrations:
Korah (Numbers 16); men of Ephraim (Judges 12:1); Rehoboam (1 Kings
12); the Apostles (Luke 22:24 
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                        _Only by pride cometh_ Rather, BY PRIDE COMETH ONLY, R.V. Pride is
sure to rouse opposition and lead to contention; whereas wisdom
belongs to those who accept advice and avoid disputes.... 
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                        ONLY BY PRIDE, &C.— The Greeks have a proverb, "A mountain cannot
mix with a mountain," i.e. two proud men will never agree together:
and the Latins have an excellent saying, _Crede mihi, sapere est,... 
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                        TEXT Proverbs 13:10-17
10.
By pride cometh only contention;
But with the well-advised is wisdom.
11.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth by labor shall have increa... 
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                        Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
 ONLY BY PRIDE COMETH CONTENTION. The "only" is joined by Maurer,
Castalio, etc., not to "pride," which immediately follows, but... 
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                        13:10 cometh (c-5) Or 'Only by pride cometh.'... 
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                        'By pride cometh only contention' (RV): willingness to be advised
saves from this and many evils.... 
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                        2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).... 
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                        Proud people argue because they speak their own thoughts. A proud
person always thinks that he is right. He will not listen to anyone
else.
A wise person behaves differently. Although a wise person i... 
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                        LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 13
V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions.
Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of
correction.... 
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                        ONLY BY PRIDE COMETH CONTENTION. — Rather, _by pride cometh nothing
but contention._ A man who is too proud to receive counsel is sure to
fall out with others; they are wise who suffer themselves to b... 
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                        רַק ־בְּ֭ זָדֹון יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְ
אֶת 
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                        CHAPTER 14
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
"A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth
not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he
tha... 
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                        Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of
a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of
transgressors react upon themselves.
Verse Proverbs 13:5. The... 
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                        Only by pride (d) cometh contention: but with the well advised [is]
wisdom.
(d) When as every man contends to have preeminence, and will not give
place to another.... 
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                        _Contentions. As none will yield. (Menochius) --- Hebrew, "only by
pride cometh contention." (Protestants) --- "Pride is the mother of
all sects." (St. Augustine)_... 
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                        The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not
rebuke. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the
wicked shall be put out. Only by pride cometh contention: but with... 
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                        THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe... 
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                        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 m... 
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                        _Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is]
wisdom._
 Ver. 10. _Only by pride cometh contention._] Heb., _Dabit iurgium._
Pride, if there be no cause of contention given, will mak... 
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                        _Only by pride cometh contention_ This is not to be understood
exclusively, as to all other causes of contention; for contentions
often spring from ignorance, or mistake, or covetousness, or other
pas... 
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                        V. 10. ONLY BY PRIDE COMETH CONTENTION, for those who are arrogantly
ambitious always fear rivalry and therefore are always picking
quarrels; BUT WITH THE WELL-ADVISED, those who are willing to accept... 
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                        ONLY BY PRIDE COMETH CONTENTION; which is not to be understood
exclusively as to all other causes; for contentions oft spring from
ignorance, or mistake, or covetousness, or other passions: but
eminen... 
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                        Proverbs 13:10 pride H2087 comes H5414 (H8799) strife H4683
well-advised H3289 (H8737) wisdom H2451
Only -... 
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                        TRUE RICHES ARE FOUND THROUGH RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM, WHILST THOSE
WHO IGNORE THAT WISDOM ARE THE TRULY POOR (PROVERBS 13:7).
In this subsection genuine ‘riches' are contrasted with transient
and... 
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                        CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath
pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The... 
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                        Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This
maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance
to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an... 
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                        _Only by pride cometh contention, but with the well-advised is
wisdom._
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
By a proud man we mean one who esteems himself better than others; by
a humble man, one who esteems others... 
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                        CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 13:10. This may be read “Only by pride cometh
contention,” or “by pride cometh only (nothing but) contention.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:10_
THE PARENT OF STRIFE
I.... 
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                        EXPOSITION
VERSE 13:1-15:19
Second section in this collection.
PROVERBS 13:1
A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version
introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr... 
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                        In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the
contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the
scorner, the transgressor and the good man.
A wise son hears his fa... 
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                        1 Kings 12:10; 1 Kings 12:11; 1 Kings 12:16; 1 Timothy 6:4; 2 K