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Proverbs 18:19
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An offended brother is harder to reachthan a fortified city,and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; And disputes are like the bars of a castle.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.
A brother who has been insulted is harder to win back than a walled city, and arguments separate people like the barred gates of a palace.
A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city, And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; And disputes are like the bars of a castle.
A brother offended is harder to winne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a palace.
A brother offended is harder to win over than a strong city,And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Making up with a friend you have offended is harder than breaking through a city wall.
It is harder to win an offended brother than a strong city; their fights are like the bars of a fortress.
A brother offended is [harder to be won] than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.
An insulted brother is harder to win back than a city with strong walls. Arguments separate people like the strong bars of a palace gate.
A brother helped by a brother is like a city helped by its fortifications; and his helpers are like the bars of a castle.
A brother who is offended is worse than a city of strength, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortification.
An offended brother is worse than a fortified city; yea, their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
The vnite of brethren is stronger then a castell, and they that holde together are like the barre of a palace.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A brother offended is harder to be wonne then a strong citie: and their contentions are like the barres of a castle.
Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a castell.
A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; and is as strong as a well-founded palace.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and such contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A brother that is helpid of a brothir, is as a stidfast citee; and domes ben as the barris of citees.
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city; And [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle.
An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.
A brother who has been hurt in his spirit is harder to be won than a strong city, and arguing is like the iron gates of a king's house.
An ally offended is stronger than a city; such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
A brother estranged, is worse than a strong city, - and, contentions, are as the bar of a citadel.
A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.
A brother helped is like a strong city, but quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.
Do a favor and win a friend forever; nothing can untie that bond.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
brother: Proverbs 6:19, Genesis 4:5-8, Genesis 27:41-45, Genesis 32:6-11, Genesis 37:3-5, Genesis 37:11, Genesis 37:18-27, 2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:28, 1 Kings 2:23-25, 1 Kings 12:16, 2 Chronicles 13:17, Acts 15:39
than: Proverbs 16:32
Reciprocal: Genesis 32:11 - Deliver Judges 12:6 - there fell Judges 20:48 - smote them 1 Samuel 17:28 - Eliab's anger 2 Samuel 19:43 - the words Acts 7:26 - ye are 1 Peter 3:1 - won
Cross-References
he looked up and saw three men standing there. As soon as he saw them, he ran out to meet them. Bowing down with his face touching the ground,
Let me bring some water for you to wash your feet; you can rest here beneath this tree.
I will also bring a bit of food; it will give you strength to continue your journey. You have honored me by coming to my home, so let me serve you." They replied, "Thank you; we accept."
Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick, take a sack of your best flour, and bake some bread."
Then he ran to the herd and picked out a calf that was tender and fat, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to get it ready.
Then they asked him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "She is there in the tent," he answered.
One of them said, "Nine months from now I will come back, and your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was behind him, at the door of the tent, listening.
I have chosen him in order that he may command his sons and his descendants to obey me and to do what is right and just. If they do, I will do everything for him that I have promised."
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great.
I must go down to find out whether or not the accusations which I have heard are true."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city,.... A fortified city may sooner be taken by an enemy, than one brother offended can be reconciled to another; their resentments against each other are keener than against another person that has offended them; and their love being turned into hatred, it is more bitter; and it is more difficult to compose differences between brethren than between enemies; wherefore such should take care that they fall not out by the way: this is true of brethren in a natural sense; as the cases of Abel and Cain, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brethren, Amnon and Absalom, and others, show; and of brethren in a spiritual sense, as Paul and Barnabas, Luther and Calvin, and others;
and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle: which cannot be easily broken or cut asunder: so contentions, especially those among brethren, are with great difficulty made to cease, and their differences composed; they will stand it out against one another as long as a strong city, or a barred castle, against an enemy.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The meaning of the first clause is obtained in the King James Version by the insertion of the words in italics, and it seems on the whole to be the best. The Septuagint and Vulgate give an entirely different rendering, based, apparently, upon a different text.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:19. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city — Almost all the versions agree in the following reading: "A brother assisted by a brother, is like a fortified city; and their decisions are like the bars of a city." Coverdale is both plain and terse: "The unitie of brethren is stronger then a castell, and they that holde together are like the barre of a palace." The fable of the dying father, his sons, and the bundle of faggots, illustrates this proverb. Unity among brethren makes them invincible; small things grow great by concord. If we take the words according to the common version, we see them express what, alas! we know to be too generally true: that when brothers fall out, it is with extreme difficulty that they can be reconciled. And fraternal enmities are generally strong and inveterate.
