OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 18:19

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A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

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Verse 19. Judgments of many are more deserving of credit. Hebrew “a brother offended, is like a strong place, and their quarrels,” and so forth The are not easily reconciled. Civil wars are most terrible. Calmet.

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