In Christ, we are safe from anything the enemy can throw at us! - Proverbs 18:10
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
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Proverbs 18:19 Meaning and Commentary
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city,
&c.] 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.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Proverbs 18:19 In-Context
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The first to plead his case seems right, Until another comes and examines him.
18
The cast lot puts an end to strife And decides between the mighty ones.
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
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With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be satisfied; He will be satisfied with the product of his lips.
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org
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