Where there is arguing, there is pride. But those who take advice are wise.

骄傲只启争竞；听劝言的，却有智慧。

骄傲挑启纷争；听劝言却有智慧。

骄傲挑启纷争；听劝言却有智慧。

自高自大招惹纷争，虚心受教才是睿智。

傲慢只能引起争端；接受劝告的却有智慧。

狂傲只会带来纷争；听从指教的就有智慧。

驕傲只啟爭競；聽勸言的，卻有智慧。

驕傲挑啟紛爭；聽勸言卻有智慧。

驕傲挑啟紛爭；聽勸言卻有智慧。

自高自大招惹紛爭，虛心受教才是睿智。

傲慢只能引起爭端；接受勸告的卻有智慧。

傲慢只能啓爭競；接受勸告的乃有智慧。

狂傲只會帶來紛爭；聽從指教的就有智慧。

驕泰惟起爭端、受勸乃有智慧、

人恃驕泰、多啟爭端、惟聽訓言、可有智慧。

人恃驕泰、常啟爭端、聽勸言者、則為有智、

Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise.

Arrogance leads to nothing but strife, but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

Through overconfidence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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

Arrogance leads to nothing but strife, but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

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

With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.

But suppose your hearts are jealous and bitter. Suppose you are concerned only about getting ahead. Then don’t brag about it. And don’t say no to the truth.Wisdom like this doesn’t come down from heaven. It belongs to the earth. It doesn’t come from the Holy Spirit. It comes from the devil.Are you jealous? Are you concerned only about getting ahead? Then your life will be a mess. You will be doing all kinds of evil things.

Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn’t it because of your sinful desires? They fight within you.

Then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should. They can’t agree about what words mean. All of this results in wanting what others have. It causes fighting, harmful talk, and evil distrust.

Starting to argue is like making a crack in a dam. So drop the matter before a fight breaks out.

The way of foolish people seems right to them. But those who are wise listen to advice.Foolish people are easily upset. But wise people pay no attention to hurtful words.

They also started to argue. They disagreed about which of them was thought to be the most important person.

Listen to advice and accept correction. In the end you will be counted among those who are wise.

“ Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you sit down first and figure out how much it will cost? Then you will see whether you have enough money to finish it.Suppose you start building and are not able to finish. Then everyone who sees what you have done will laugh at you.They will say,‘ This person started to build but wasn’t able to finish.’“ Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. And suppose he has 10,000 men, while the other has 20,000 coming against him. Won’t he first sit down and think about whether he can win?And suppose he decides he can’t win. Then he will send some men to ask how peace can be made. He will do this while the other king is still far away.

All the Israelites saw that the king refused to listen to them. So they answered the king. They said,“ We don’t have any share in David’s royal family. We don’t have any share in Jesse’s son. People of Israel, let’s go back to our homes. David’s royal family, take care of your own kingdom!” So the Israelites went home.

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In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said,“ It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to themand will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. (niv)

The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah,“ Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head.”Jephthah answered,“ I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands.When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said,“ You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.”The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said,“ Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied,“ No,”they said,“ All right, say‘ Shibboleth.’” If he said,“ Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time. (niv)

do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame? (niv)

The young men who had grown up with him replied,“ These people have said to you,‘ Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them,‘ My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’” (niv)

You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?” (niv)

Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon,“ Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?” And they challenged him vigorously.But he answered them,“ What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided. (niv)

The proud and arrogant person—“ Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury. (niv)

Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:“ God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” (niv)

Plans are established by seeking advice; so if you wage war, obtain guidance. (niv)