Proverbs 18:19

Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 18

“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

What Does Proverbs 18:19 Mean?

Proverbs 18:19 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 18, verse 19 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Proverbs 18:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Proverbs 16:32“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”Acts 15:39“And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;”1 Samuel 17:28“And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.”Proverbs 6:19“A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”Genesis 37:3“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.”1 Kings 12:16“So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.”Genesis 4:5“But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”Genesis 27:41“And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.”Genesis 32:6“And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.”Genesis 32:11“Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.”Genesis 37:18“And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.”2 Samuel 13:22“And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.”2 Samuel 13:28“Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.”1 Kings 2:23“Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.”Judges 12:6“Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.”Judges 20:48“And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.”2 Samuel 19:43“And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.”2 Chronicles 13:17“And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.”Acts 7:26“And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?”Genesis 37:11“And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.”

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