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Proverbs 18:19 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 18 · verse 19
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 · King James Version
Proverbs 18:19 in context
17He 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- contentionsmidyân{a contest or quarrel}H4079 →
- contentionsmâdôwna contest or quarrelH4066 →
- offendedpâshaʻto break awayH6586 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- strongʻôzstrength in various applicationsH5797 →
- cityqiryâhbuildingH7151 →
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Note, 1. Great care must be taken to prevent quarrels among relations, and those that are under special obligation to each other, not only because they are most unnatural and unbecoming, but because between such things are commonly taken most unkindly, and resentments are apt to be carried too far.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary