The Meaning of Proverbs 13:10 Explained

Proverbs 13:10

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

YLT: A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.

Darby: By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.

ASV: By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 13:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 13

1  a scoffer does not listen to rebuke

What do the individual words in Proverbs 13:10 mean?

Nothing but by pride comes strife but with the well-advised [is] wisdom
רַק־ בְּ֭זָדוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְאֶת־ נ֖וֹעָצִ֣ים חָכְמָֽה

רַק־  Nothing  but 
Parse: Adverb
Root: רַק  
Sense: only, altogether, surely.
בְּ֭זָדוֹן  by  pride 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָדֹון  
Sense: pride, insolence, presumptuousness, arrogance.
יִתֵּ֣ן  comes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
מַצָּ֑ה  strife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַצָּה  
Sense: strife, contention.
וְאֶת־  but  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
נ֖וֹעָצִ֣ים  the  well-advised 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יׄועֵץ 
Sense: to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan.
חָכְמָֽה  [is]  wisdom 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָכְמָה  
Sense: wisdom.