Proverbs 13:10
Pride only causes conflict; but those who take advice are wise.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
In Context
9The life of good people shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
11Wealth gained by fraud quickly disappears, but those who gather bit by bit prosper.
Cross References
Judges 8:1Then the men of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call us when you went to attack the Midianites?” They argued furiously with him.
1 Kings 12:10The young men he had grown up with told him, “This is what you have to tell these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our burden heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should answer them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
2 Kings 14:10You may indeed have defeated Edom. Now you've become arrogant. Stay home and enjoy your victory! Why provoke trouble that will bring you down, and Judah with you?”
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of a quarrel is like the first leak in a water dam, so drop it before a major argument bursts out.
Proverbs 20:18With sound advice, plans are successful; if you're going to war, make sure you have good guidance.
Proverbs 25:8don't rush to take legal action, for what are you going to do in the end when your neighbor shows you're wrong and humiliates you?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:10
9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Here is, 1. The comfort of good men flourishing and lasting: The light of the righteous rejoices, that is, it increases, and makes them glad. Even their outward prosperity is their joy, and much more those gifts, graces, and comforts, with which their souls are illuminated; these shine more and more, ch. iv. 18 . The Spirit is their light, and he gives them a fulness of joy, and rejoices to do them good. 2. The comfort of bad men… Read the whole commentary →