Proverbs 18:19 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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

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{He that is} first in his own cause {seemeth} just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

A brother offended {is harder to be won} than a strong city: and {their} contentions {are} like the bars of a castle.

A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; {and} with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Proverbs 18:1

"Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh {and} intermeddleth with all wisdom. {Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business}"

Proverbs 18:2

"A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself."

Proverbs 18:3

"When the wicked cometh, {then} cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach."

Proverbs 18:4

"The words of a man's mouth {are as} deep waters, {and} the wellspring of wisdom {as} a flowing brook."

Proverbs 18:5

"{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment."

Proverbs 18:6

"A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes."

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