10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
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Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. …
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10)Note, 1. Foolish pride is the great make-bate. Would you know whence come wars and fightings ? They come from this root of bitterness. Whatever hand other lusts may have in contention (passion, envy, covetousness), pride has the great hand; it is its pride that it will itself sow discord and needs no help. Pride makes men impatient of contradiction in either their opinions or their desires, impati…
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