Proverbs 18:19
Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a castell.
Bible (Bishops')
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In Context
18The lot causeth variaunce to ceasse: and parteth the mightie a sunder.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob.
Genesis 37:3But Israel loued Ioseph more then all his chyldren, because he begate hym in his olde age: and he made hym a coate of many colours.
Genesis 37:18And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym.
Proverbs 6:19A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde 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 →