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Proverbs 18:19

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 18:17

    He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

  2. Proverbs 18:18

    The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

  3. Proverbs 18:20

    A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

  4. Proverbs 18:21

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.