Verse 19

Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a castell.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 15:39 : 39 And the contention was so sharpe betwene the, that they departed a sunder, one from the other, and so Barnabas toke Marke, & sayled vnto Cypers.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.
  • Gen 4:5-8 : 5 But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated. 6 And the Lorde saide vnto Cain: why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenaunce abated? 7 If thou do well, shalt thou not receaue? and yf thou doest not well, lyeth not thy sinne at the doores? Also vnto thee shall his desire be, and thou shalt haue dominion ouer hym. 8 And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.
  • Gen 27:41-45 : 41 And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob. 42 And these wordes of Esau her elder sonne were tolde to Rebecca: And she sent, & called Iacob her younger sonne, & saide vnto him: Beholde, thy brother Esau as touchyng thee doth comforte hym selfe full purposyng to kyll thee. 43 Nowe therefore my sonne heare my voyce: make thee redy, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran, 44 And tary with him awhyle vntyl thy brothers fiercenesse be swaged, 45 And vntyll thy brothers wrath turne away from thee, & he forget the thinges which thou hast done to hym: then wyll I sende and fet thee away from thence: why should I be desolate of you both in one day?
  • Gen 32:6-9 : 6 And the messengers came agayne to Iacob, saying: we came to thy brother Esau, and he commeth to meete thee, and hath foure hundred men with him. 7 But Iacob was greatly afrayde, and wist not whiche way to turne him selfe: and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and oxen, and camelles, into two companies: 8 And sayd, if Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other shall saue it selfe. 9 And Iacob said agayne: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isahac, Lorde whiche saydest vnto me, returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kindred, & I will do well with thee: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercyes and trueth whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane, & nowe haue I gotten two companies. 11 Deliuer me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I feare hym, lest he wyll come and smyte me, yea the mother with the chyldren.
  • Gen 37:3-5 : 3 But Israel loued Ioseph more then all his chyldren, because he begate hym in his olde age: and he made hym a coate of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loued hym more then all his brethren, they hated hym, and coulde not speake peaceably vnto hym. 5 Moreouer, when Ioseph had dreamed a dreame, he tolde it his brethren, which hated hym yet the more.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying.
  • Gen 37:18-27 : 18 And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym. 19 For one sayde to another: behold, this notable dreamer commeth. 20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames. 21 When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym. 22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne. 23 And when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they strypt hym out of his coate, his partie coloured coate that was vpon hym. 24 And they toke hym, and cast hym into an emptie pit, wherein was no water. 25 And they sate them downe to eate bread: and as they lyft vp their eyes and loked about, and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead, and their camelles laden with spicerie, bawlme, and mirrhe, and were goyng downe ta cary it to Egypt. 26 And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren: What auayleth it yf we slay our brother, and kepe his blood secrete? 27 Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 And Absalom sayde vnto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: Howbeit, Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Thamar.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now had Absalom commaunded his young men, saying: Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine, and when I bid you smyte Amnon: then kil him, and feare not: haue not I bidden you? be bolde therfore, & play the men.
  • 1 Kgs 2:23-25 : 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying: God do so and so to me, if Adonia haue not spoken this worde against his owne lyfe. 24 Nowe therefore, as the Lorde lyueth, whiche hath ordeyned me, and set me on the seate of Dauid my father, and made me an house as he promised, Adonia shall dye this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hande of Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and he smote him that he died.
  • 1 Kgs 12:16 : 16 And so when all Israel sawe that the king regarded them not, the people aunswered the king with these wordes, saying: What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue no inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai: To your tentes O Israel, nowe see to thyne owne house Dauid. And so Israel departed vnto their tentes.
  • 2 Chr 13:17 : 17 And Abia and his people slue a great slaughter of them: There fell downe wounded of Israel fiue hundred thousand chosen men.