Proverbs 18:19 · KJV
“A brother offended {is harder to be won} than a strong city: and {their} contentions {are} like the bars of a castle.”
— Proverbs 18:19
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; {and} with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Proverbs 18 — Context
{He that is} first in his own cause {seemeth} just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
19A brother offended {is harder to be won} than a strong city: and {their} contentions {are} like the bars of a castle.
20A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; {and} with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:32
{He that is} slow to anger {is} better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Acts 15:39
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness {that} speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
1 Kings 12:16
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither {have we} inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
Genesis 37:3-5
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he {was} the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of {many} colours. {colours: or, pieces}
Genesis 27:41-45
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 4:5-8
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
1 Kings 2:23-25
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.