Verse 19
A brother{H251} offended{H6586} [is harder to be won] than a strong{H5797} city;{H7151} And [such] contentions{H4079} are like the bars{H1280} of a castle.{H759}
Referenced Verses
- Acts 15:39 : 39 And{G3767} there arose{G1096} a sharp contention,{G3948} so that{G5620} they parted asunder{G673} one{G846} from{G575} the other,{G240} and{G5037} Barnabas{G921} took{G3880} Mark{G3138} with him, and sailed{G1602} away unto{G1519} Cyprus;{G2954}
- Prov 6:19 : 19 A false{H8267} witness{H5707} that uttereth{H6315} lies,{H3577} And he that soweth{H7971} discord{H4090} among brethren.{H251}
- Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slow{H750} to anger{H639} is better{H2896} than the mighty;{H1368} And he that ruleth{H4910} his spirit,{H7307} than he that taketh{H3920} a city.{H5892}
- Gen 4:5-8 : 5 but unto Cain{H7014} and to his offering{H4503} he had not respect.{H8159} And Cain{H7014} was very{H3966} wroth,{H2734} and his countenance{H6440} fell.{H5307} 6 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Cain,{H7014} Why art thou wroth?{H2734} and why is thy countenance{H6440} fallen?{H5307} 7 If{H518} thou doest well,{H3190} shall it not be lifted{H7613} up? and if thou doest not well,{H3190} sin{H2403} coucheth{H7257} at the door;{H6607} and unto thee shall be its desire;{H8669} but do thou rule{H4910} over it. 8 And Cain{H7014} told{H559} Abel{H1893} his{H413} brother.{H251} And it came to pass, when they were in the field,{H7704} that Cain{H7014} rose up{H6965} against{H413} Abel{H1893} his brother,{H251} and slew him.{H2026}
- Gen 27:41-45 : 41 And Esau{H6215} hated{H7852} Jacob{H3290} because{H5921} of the blessing{H1293} wherewith{H834} his father{H1} blessed him:{H1288} and Esau{H6215} said{H559} in his heart,{H3820} The days{H3117} of mourning{H60} for my father{H1} are at hand;{H7126} then will I slay{H2026} my brother{H251} Jacob.{H3290} 42 And the words{H1697} of Esau{H6215} her elder{H1419} son{H1121} were told{H5046} to Rebekah;{H7259} and she sent{H7971} and called{H7121} Jacob{H3290} her younger{H6996} son,{H1121} and said{H559} unto him, Behold, thy brother{H251} Esau,{H6215} as touching thee, doth comfort{H5162} himself, [purposing] to kill{H2026} thee. 43 Now therefore, my son,{H1121} obey{H8085} my voice;{H6963} and arise,{H6965} flee{H1272} thou to Laban{H3837} my brother{H251} to Haran;{H2771} 44 and tarry{H3427} with him a few{H259} days,{H3117} until{H834} thy brother's{H251} fury{H2534} turn away;{H7725} 45 until thy brother's{H251} anger{H639} turn away{H7725} from thee, and he forget{H7911} that which thou hast done{H6213} to him: then I will send,{H7971} and fetch{H3947} thee from thence: why{H4100} should I be bereaved{H7921} of you both{H8147} in one{H259} day?{H3117}
- Gen 32:6-9 : 6 And the messengers{H4397} returned{H7725} to Jacob,{H3290} saying,{H559} We came{H935} to thy brother{H251} Esau,{H6215} and moreover he cometh{H1980} to meet thee,{H7125} and four hundred{H3967} men{H376} with him. 7 Then Jacob{H3290} was greatly{H3966} afraid{H3372} and was distressed:{H3334} and he divided{H2673} the people{H5971} that were with him, and the flocks,{H6629} and the herds,{H1241} and the camels,{H1581} into two{H8147} companies;{H4264} 8 and he said,{H559} If Esau{H6215} come{H935} to the one{H259} company,{H4264} and smite it,{H5221} then the company{H4264} which is left{H7604} shall escape.{H6413} 9 And Jacob{H3290} said,{H559} O God{H430} of my father{H1} Abraham,{H85} and God{H430} of my father{H1} Isaac,{H3327} O Jehovah,{H3068} who saidst{H559} unto me, Return{H7725} unto thy country,{H776} and to thy kindred,{H4138} and I will do thee good:{H3190} 10 I am not worthy of the least{H6994} of all the lovingkindnesses,{H2617} and of all the truth,{H571} which thou hast showed{H6213} unto thy servant;{H5650} for with my staff{H4731} I passed over{H5674} this Jordan;{H3383} and now I am become two{H8147} companies.{H4264} 11 Deliver me,{H5337} I pray thee, from the hand{H3027} of my brother,{H251} from the hand{H3027} of Esau:{H6215} for I fear{H3373} him, lest he come{H935} and smite me,{H5221} the mother{H517} with{H5921} the children.{H1121}
- Gen 37:3-5 : 3 Now Israel{H3478} loved{H157} Joseph{H3130} more than all his children,{H1121} because he was the son{H1121} of his old age:{H2208} and he made{H6213} him a coat{H3801} of many colors.{H6446} 4 And his brethren{H251} saw{H7200} that their father{H1} loved{H157} him more than all his brethren;{H251} and they hated{H8130} him, and could{H3201} not speak{H1696} peaceably{H7965} unto him. 5 And Joseph{H3130} dreamed{H2492} a dream,{H2472} and he told{H5046} it to his brethren:{H251} and they hated{H8130} him yet the more.{H3254}
- Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brethren{H251} envied{H7065} him; but his father{H1} kept{H8104} the saying{H1697} in mind.
- Gen 37:18-27 : 18 And they saw{H7200} him afar off,{H7350} and before he came near{H7126} unto them, they conspired{H5230} against him to slay{H4191} him. 19 And they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} Behold, this{H1976} dreamer{H1167} cometh.{H935} 20 Come{H3212} now therefore, and let us slay{H2026} him, and cast{H7993} him into one{H259} of the pits,{H953} and we will say,{H559} An evil{H7451} beast{H2416} hath devoured{H398} him: and we shall see{H7200} what will become of his dreams.{H2472} 21 And Reuben{H7205} heard{H8085} it, and delivered{H5337} him out of their hand,{H3027} and said,{H559} Let us not take his life.{H5221} 22 And Reuben{H7205} said{H559} unto them, Shed{H8210} no blood;{H1818} cast{H7993} him into this pit{H953} that is in the wilderness,{H4057} but lay{H7971} no hand{H3027} upon him: that he might deliver{H5337} him out of their hand,{H3027} to restore{H7725} him to his father.{H1} 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph{H3130} was come{H935} unto his brethren,{H251} that they stripped Joseph{H3130} of{H854} his coat,{H3801} the coat{H3801} of{H854} many colors{H6446} that was on him; 24 and they took{H3947} him, and cast{H7993} him into the pit:{H953} and the pit{H953} was empty,{H7386} there was no water{H4325} in it. 25 And they sat down{H3427} to eat{H398} bread:{H3899} and they lifted up{H5375} their eyes{H5869} and looked,{H7200} and, behold, a caravan{H736} of Ishmaelites{H3459} was coming{H935} from Gilead,{H1568} with their camels{H1581} bearing{H5375} spicery{H5219} and balm{H6875} and myrrh,{H3910} going{H1980} to carry it down{H3381} to Egypt.{H4714} 26 And Judah{H3063} said{H559} unto his brethren,{H251} What profit{H1215} is it if we slay{H2026} our brother{H251} and conceal{H3680} his blood?{H1818} 27 Come,{H3212} and let us sell{H4376} him to the Ishmaelites,{H3459} and let not our hand{H3027} be upon him; for he is our brother,{H251} our flesh.{H1320} And his brethren{H251} hearkened{H8085} unto him.
- 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 And Absalom{H53} spake{H1696} unto Amnon{H550} neither good{H2896} nor bad;{H7451} for Absalom{H53} hated{H8130} Amnon,{H550} because{H1697} he had forced{H6031} his sister{H269} Tamar.{H8559}
- 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 And Absalom{H53} commanded{H6680} his servants,{H5288} saying,{H559} Mark{H7200} ye now, when Amnon's{H550} heart{H3820} is merry{H2896} with wine;{H3196} and when I say{H559} unto you, Smite{H5221} Amnon,{H550} then kill{H4191} him; fear{H3372} not; have not I commanded{H6680} you? be courageous,{H2388} and be valiant.{H1121}
- 1 Kgs 2:23-25 : 23 Then king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} sware{H7650} by Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} God{H430} do{H6213} so to me, and more also,{H3254} if Adonijah{H138} hath not spoken{H1696} this word{H1697} against his own life.{H5315} 24 Now therefore as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} who hath established{H3559} me, and set{H3427} me on the throne{H3678} of David{H1732} my father,{H1} and who hath made{H6213} me a house,{H1004} as he promised,{H1696} surely Adonijah{H138} shall be put to death{H4191} this day.{H3117} 25 And king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} sent{H7971} by{H3027} Benaiah{H1141} the son{H1121} of Jehoiada;{H3077} and he fell{H6293} upon him, so that he died.{H4191}
- 1 Kgs 12:16 : 16 And{H7725} when all Israel{H3478} saw{H7200} that the king{H4428} hearkened{H8085} not unto them, the people{H5971} answered{H1697} the king,{H4428} saying,{H559} What portion{H2506} have we in David?{H1732} neither have we inheritance{H5159} in the son{H1121} of Jesse:{H3448} to your tents,{H168} O Israel:{H3478} now see{H7200} to thine own house,{H1004} David.{H1732} So Israel{H3478} departed{H3212} unto their tents.{H168}
- 2 Chr 13:17 : 17 And Abijah{H29} and his people{H5971} slew{H5221} them with a great{H7227} slaughter:{H4347} so there fell down{H5307} slain{H2491} of Israel{H3478} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} chosen{H977} men.{H376}