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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.
Help your relatives and they will protect you like a strong city wall, but if you quarrel with them, they will close their doors to you.
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 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
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.
And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread."
Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
Then they asked him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He replied, "There, in the tent."
One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.
I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him."
So the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know."
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.
