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Verse Proverbs 18:19. _A BROTHER OFFENDED_ IS HARDER TO BE WON _THAN
A STRONG_ _CITY_] Almost all the _versions_ agree in the following
reading: "A brother assisted by a brother, is like a fortified...
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The meaning of the first clause is obtained in the King James Version
by the insertion of the words in italics, and it seems on the whole to
be the best. The Septuagint and Vulgate give an entirely di...
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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OFFENDED. dealt falsely with....
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_offended_ or _injured_, R.V. marg.
_like the bars of a castle_ forming an impassable barrier to
reconciliation....
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A BROTHER OFFENDED— _As a fortified city is a brother assisted by a
brother; and they who mutually love one another, are like the bars of
a castle._ Houb. following the Vulgate. The author of the
_Obs...
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STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24
1.
How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
2.
How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
3.
What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14?
4.
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their
contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A BROTHER OFFENDED, [ nipshaa` (H6586 ) - OFFENDED BY THE DEFECTION
OR TRANSGRESSION...
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18:19 offended (d-3) Or 'injured.'...
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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Family arguments can be serious problems. Relatives can struggle to
solve an argument, if you upset them. It is hard to persuade your
brother to forgive you. If you have hurt him, then he might refuse...
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King Solomon was also a judge. These verses are about judgements in
court....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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A BROTHER OFFENDED. — Or rather, _wronged._
THEIR CONTENTIONS. — Of such as have once been friends, “are like
the bars of a castle,” or palace, forming an almost impassable
barrier to reconciliation....
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אָ֗ח נִפְשָׁ֥ע מִ קִּרְיַת ־עֹ֑ז
_וּ֝_†_מִדְיָנִ֗ים_†...
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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_Judgments of many are more deserving of credit. Hebrew, "a brother
offended, is like a strong place, and their quarrels," &c. The are not
easily reconciled. Civil wars are most terrible. (Calmet)_...
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He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour
cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and
parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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A BROTHER OFFENDED [IS HARDER TO BE WON] THAN A STRONG CITY,.... A
fortified city may sooner be taken by an enemy, than one brother
offended can be reconciled to another; their resentments against eac...
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A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and
[their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
Ver. 19. _A brother offended is harder to be won, &c._] Whether it be
a brother b...
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_A brother offended_ Namely, by his brother's unkindness or injury;
_is harder to be won_ Or, is stronger and more impregnable; _than a
strong city_ Which is hardly to be conquered. _And their content...
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V. 19. A BROTHER OFFENDED IS HARDER TO BE WON THAN A STRONG CITY, or
if he has been estranged by some deliberate offense, by a breach of
faith, he will look upon every attempt at adjustment with suspi...
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OFFENDED, to wit, by his brother's unkindness or injury. IS HARDER TO
BE WON; or, _is stronger_, which is sufficiently understood by the
mention of a strong city, to which he is compared; such ellipse...
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Proverbs 18:19 brother H251 offended H6586 (H8737) strong H5797 city
H7151 contentions H4079 (H8675) H4066 bars
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THE TONGUE AFFECTS MAN IN MANY WAYS, MAKING HIM STRONG AND WISE, AND
GIVING HIM LIFE, OR CAUSING HIM GREAT GRIEF, FINALLY RESULTING IN
DEATH (PROVERBS 18:14).
In this subsection we have an emphasis on...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city._
PHYSICAL POWER AND MORAL POWER
In the early life of men and communities, the power most admired is
physical power. Those who can conquer i...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:15 These proverbs can apply to many
settings. Here they seem focused on the courtroom. A judge must have
an INTELLIGENT HEART in order to acquire knowledge
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:19. “IS HARDER TO BE WON;” these words are not in the
original, but have been inserted to supply the sense. Some translators
read “_a brother offended resisteth more than...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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1 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 2:23; 2 Chronicles 13:17; 2 Samuel 13:22;...