Proverbs 18:19
A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Esau therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.
Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.
Genesis 37:18And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.
2 Samuel 13:28And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying: Take notice when Amnon shall be drunk with wine, and when I shall say to you: Strike him, and kill him, fear not: for it is I that command you: take courage, and be valiant men.
1 Kings 12:16Then the people seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying : What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel, now David look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.
Proverbs 6:19A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:19
18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. Note, 1. Contentions commonly happen among the mighty, that are jealous for their honour and right and stand upon the punctilios of both, that are confident of their being able to make their part good and therefore will hardly condescend to the necessary terms of an accommodation; whereas those that are poor are forced to be peaceable, and sit down losers. 2. Even the contentions of the mighty may be ended by lot if they cannot otherwise be… Read the whole commentary →