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New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
An offended brother is more resistantthan a strong city, and disputes are like the locked gate of a castle tower. King James Bible
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Acts Bar Barred Bars Castle Citadel City Contentions Difficult Disputes Fortified Gates Harder Helped Locked Offended Palace Quarreling Strong Tower Transgressed Unyielding Violent Won Wounded Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 19 Note, 1. Great care must be taken to prevent quarrels among relations, and those that are under special obligation to each other, not only because they are most unnatural and unbecoming, but because between such things are commonly taken most unkindly, and resentments are apt to be carried too far. Wisdom and grace would indeed make it most easy to us to forgive our relations and friends if they offend us, but corruption makes it most difficult to forgive them; let us therefore take heed of disobliging a brother, or one that has been as a brother; ingratitude is very provoking. 2. Great pains must be taken to compromise matters in variance between relations, with all speed, because it is a work of so much difficulty, and consequently the more honourable if it be done. Esau was a brother offended, and seemed harder to be won than a strong city, yet by a work of God upon his heart, in answer to Jacob's prayer, he was won. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a An and are barred bars be brother citadel city contentions disputes fortified gates harder is like more of offended strong than the to unyielding won Bible Browser | 
