Provérbios 18:19

19 Um irmão ofendido é mais inacessível do que uma cidade fortificada,e as discussões são como as portas trancadas de uma cidadela.

Provérbios 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.

Provérbios 18:19 In-Context

17 O primeiro a apresentar a sua causa parece ter razão,até que outro venha à frente e o questione.

18 Lançar sortes resolve contendase decide questões entre poderosos.

19 Um irmão ofendido é mais inacessível do que uma cidade fortificada,e as discussões são como as portas trancadas de uma cidadela.

20 Do fruto da boca enche-se o estômago do homem;o produto dos lábios o satisfaz.

21 A língua tem poder sobre a vida e sobre a morte;os que gostam de usá-la comerão do seu fruto.