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A brotherq offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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Gen. 27:41• ⁴¹And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob. (Gen. 27:41)

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Prov. 6:19• ¹⁹a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:19)

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Gen. 4:5‑8• ⁵and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
⁶And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?
⁷If thou doest well, will not thy countenance look up with confidence? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
⁸And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (Gen. 4:5‑8)

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Gen. 27:41‑45• ⁴¹And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
⁴²And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.
⁴³And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
⁴⁴and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away--
⁴⁵until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee thence. Why should I be bereaved even of you both in one day? (Gen. 27:41‑45)

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Gen. 32:6‑11• ⁶And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.
⁸And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
⁹And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,
¹⁰--I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.
¹¹Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, and the mother with the children. (Gen. 32:6‑11)

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Gen. 37:3‑5,11,18‑27• ³And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.
⁴And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
¹¹And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
¹⁸And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!
²⁰And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.
²¹And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
²²And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him--in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.
²³And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;
²⁴and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty--there was no water in it.
²⁵And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum--going to carry it down to Egypt.
²⁶And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
²⁷Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened to him. (Gen. 37:3‑5,11,18‑27)

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2 Sam. 13:22,28• ²²And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.
²⁸And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Sam. 13:22,28)

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1 Kings 2:23‑25• ²³And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also,--Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!
²⁴And now as Jehovah liveth, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
²⁵And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died. (1 Kings 2:23‑25)

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1 Kings 12:16• ¹⁶And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? And we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: To your tents, O Israel! Now see to thine own house, David! And Israel went to their tents. (1 Kings 12:16)

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2 Chron. 13:17• ¹⁷And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. (2 Chron. 13:17)

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Acts 15:39• ³⁹There arose therefore very warm feeling, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away to Cyprus; (Acts 15:39)

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Prov. 16:32• ³²He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Prov. 16:32)

• See note on Proverbs 17:14. No tangles are so hard to straighten out as those in which brethren are concerned who once were knit heart to heart in true affection. To win back a brother who has been offended is more difficult than to subdue a walled city. Each is likely to view all that the other does with suspicion and mistrust, once a lack of confidence possesses the soul. Entrenched behind the bars of wounded pride, and unwilling to view the matter in relation to God, it will be impossible for either party to be overcome by grace and lowliness. (“Proverbs Eighteen” by H.A. Ironside)

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A brother offendedd is harder to be won than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

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Or "injured."