箴言 18:19

19 弟 兄 结 怨 ， 劝 他 和 好 ， 比 取 坚 固 城 还 难 ； 这 样 的 争 竞 如 同 坚 寨 的 门 闩 。

箴言 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.

箴言 18:19 In-Context

17 先 诉 情 由 的 ， 似 乎 有 理 ； 但 邻 舍 来 到 ， 就 察 出 实 情 。

18 掣 签 能 止 息 争 竞 ， 也 能 解 散 强 胜 的 人 。

19 弟 兄 结 怨 ， 劝 他 和 好 ， 比 取 坚 固 城 还 难 ； 这 样 的 争 竞 如 同 坚 寨 的 门 闩 。

20 人 口 中 所 结 的 果 子 ， 必 充 满 肚 腹 ； 他 嘴 所 出 的 ， 必 使 他 饱 足 。

21 生 死 在 舌 头 的 权 下 ， 喜 爱 他 的 ， 必 吃 他 所 结 的 果 子 。