Proverbs 18:19
“A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,.... A fortified city may sooner be taken by an enemy, than…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The meaning of the first clause is obtained in the King James Version by the insertion of the words in italics, and it…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Note, 1. Great care must be taken to prevent quarrels among relations, and those that are under special obligation to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
offended or injured, R.V. marg.
like the bars of a castle forming an impassable barrier to reconciliation.
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