Proverbs 18:19

“A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city, etc.] A fortified city may sooner be taken by an enemy, than one brother offended can be reconciled to another; their resentments against each other are keener than against another person that has offended them; and their love being turned into hatred, it is more bitter; and it is more difficult to compose differences between brethren than between enemies; wherefore such should take care that they fall not out by the way: this is true of brethren in a natural sense; as the cases of Abel and Cain, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brethren, Amnon and Absalom, and others, show; and of brethren in a spiritual sense, as Paul and Barnabas,…”

“No feuds so difficult of adjustment as those of relatives; hence great care should be used to avoid them.”

“The meaning of the first clause is obtained in the King James Version by the insertion of the words in italics, and it seems on the whole to be the best. The Septuagint and Vulgate give an entirely different rendering, based, apparently, upon a different text. return to 'Top of Page'”

“brother: Pro 6:19; Gen 4:5-8, Gen 27:41-45, Gen 32:6-11, Gen 37:3-5, Gen 37:11, Gen 37:18-27; Sa2 13:22, Sa2 13:28; Kg1 2:23-25, Kg1 12:16; Ch2 13:17; Act 15:39 than: Pro 16:32 Proverbs 18:20”