Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 13:10
Pride — It is chiefly, pride which blows up the coals of contention. Well — advised — Who are not governed by their passions, but by prudent considerations. Wisdom — Which teaches them to avoid contention.
Pride — It is chiefly, pride which blows up the coals of contention. Well — advised — Who are not governed by their passions, but by prudent considerations. Wisdom — Which teaches them to avoid contention.
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_....
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....
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...
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...
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
_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....
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,...
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...
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...
13:10 cometh (c-5) Or 'Only by pride cometh.'...
'By pride cometh only contention' (RV): willingness to be advised saves from this and many evils....
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
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...
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....
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...
רַק ־בְּ֭ זָדֹון יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְ אֶת
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...
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...
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....
_Contentions. As none will yield. (Menochius) --- Hebrew, "only by pride cometh contention." (Protestants) --- "Pride is the mother of all sects." (St. Augustine)_...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
Proverbs 13:10 pride H2087 comes H5414 (H8799) strife H4683 well-advised H3289 (H8737) wisdom H2451 Only -...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
1 Kings 12:10; 1 Kings 12:11; 1 Kings 12:16; 1 Timothy 6:4; 2 K