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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 breathing out lies,{HR}And he that sendeth out discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:19)

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Gen. 4:5‑8• ⁵but to Cain and to his offering he had not respect: And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
⁶And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
⁷If thou doest well, will it not be lifted up ? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and to thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
⁸And Cain said 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, comforteth 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 of even 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 cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the sheep and the herds and the camels, into two companies .
⁸And he said, If Esau come to the one company and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
⁹And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst to me, Return to thy country and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee;
¹⁰I am less than all the mercies and all the truth that thou hast shown unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two companies.
¹¹Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from Esau's hand; 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 gave him a coat of many colours.
⁴And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] to his brethren; and they hated him yet more.
¹¹And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
¹⁸And they saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.
¹⁹And they said one to another , Behold, this master of dreams cometh.
²⁰And now come, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
²¹And Reuben heard, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, Let us not take his life.
²²And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him (in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father).
²³And it came to pass, when Joseph was come to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of the colours that [was] on him;
²⁴and they took him and cast him into the pit; and 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] if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
²⁷Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened. (Gen. 37:3‑5,11,18‑27)

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2 Sam. 13:22,28• ²²{i}And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.{/i}
²⁸{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 13:22,28)

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1 Kings 2:23‑25• ²³{i}And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, —Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!{/i}
²⁴{i}And 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.{/i}
²⁵{i}And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.{/i} (1 Kings 2:23‑25)

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1 Kings 12:16• ¹⁶So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying,{HR}What portion have we in David?{HR}Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:{HR}To your tents, O Israel:{HR}Now see to thine own house, David.{HR}So Israel departed unto their tents. (1 Kings 12:16)

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

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Acts 15:39• ³⁹And there arose a sharp feeling, so that they parted one from another: and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away unto Cyprus: (Acts 15:39)

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Prov. 16:32• ³²The slow to anger [is] better than the mighty;{HR}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."

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A brother offendeda is [harder to be won] than a strong city;{HR}And contentions [are] as the bars of a castle.

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Or, injured.