Proverbs 13:10

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Proverbs 13:10

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride.

The men of Ephraim were called together and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites but didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you in it!”

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

You have indeed defeated Edom, and you have become overconfident. Enjoy your glory and stay at home. Why should you stir up such trouble that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.

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A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,
but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.

Finalize plans with counsel,
and wage war with sound guidance.

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?” And they argued with him violently.

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

In those days, as the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.