10 Only by pride [a]doth man make contention: but with the well-advised is wisdom.

11 The [b]riches of vanity shall diminish: but he that gathereth with [c]the hand, shall increase them.

12 The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart, but when the desire cometh, it is as a tree of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:10 When as every man contendeth to have the preeminence, and will not give place to another.
  2. Proverbs 13:11 That is, goods evil gotten.
  3. Proverbs 13:11 That is, with his own labor.

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