Proverbs 18:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.”
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“An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A brother offendedis harder to be won than a strong city; Andsuchcontentions are like the bars of a castle.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 18:19 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
- Genesis 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
- Genesis 32:6When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
- Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
- Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- 1 Kings 2:23Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
- 1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
- 2 Chronicles 13:17Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
- Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Acts 15:39Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
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