Proverbs 18:19
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
20From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
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 →