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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Proud, haughty, scorner is his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.

And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, 'Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

And they speak unto him -- the lads who had grown up with him -- saying, 'Thus dost thou say to this people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make it light upon us; thus dost thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;

Thou hast certainly smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be honoured, and abide in thy house; and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'

And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater.

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

Whence are wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them -- Diotrephes -- doth not receive us;

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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

And the men of Ephraim say unto him, 'What is this thing thou hast done to us -- not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?' and they strive with him severely;

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,