Proverbs 13:10 - Exposition

Only by pride cometh contention. Some render "surely" ( raq ) for only, as in Genesis 20:11 . Others rightly translate, "By pride cometh only, nothing but, contention." Vulgate, "Between the proud disputes are always rife." One who is haughty and overbearing, or who is too conceited to receive advice, is sure to quarrel with others. Septuagint, "An evil man with insult doeth evil." With the well advised is wisdom; those who are not, like the proud, above taking advice and following it, are wise ( Proverbs 11:2 ; Proverbs 12:15 ). As the Vulgate puts it, "They who do all things with counsel are directed by wisdom." The LXX ; reading differently, has, "They who know themselves are wise," which implies that the wise know their own weakness and imperfection, and hearken humbly to good counsel