 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 568 pagine
...he weeps for joy and thinks that the face of Esau is like the face of God! Yes, Jacob had found that "a brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions like the bars of a castle" (Prov. 18:19). It was a brother, Cain, who killed his brother, Abel. It... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pagine
...most families alive. STELLA BENSON (1892-1933). British author. Pipers and a Dancer, ch. 9 (1924). 5 y speaking breast. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616),...dramatist, poet. Sonnet 23. 56 Here, my dear Lucy, BIBLE, HEBREW. Proverbs 18:19. 6 You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families... | |
 | William Graham Scroggie - 1994 - 1460 pagine
...(21). It is not unlikely that Obadiah wrote this Prophecy while a captive in Babylon. Solomon said: 'A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...their contentions are like the bars of a castle'. And Jesus said: 'With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you again'. The Babylon of the... | |
 | Dean Sherman - 1995 - 220 pagine
...remain strong in our faith. 5. We should maintain relationships at all costs. Proverbs 18:19 says, "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle." If we fight people, we are not serious about spiritual... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pagine
...breeds contempt. AESOP, (6th century BC) Greek fabulist. Fables, "The Fox and the Lion." Families 1 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. BIBLE: HEBREW, Proverbs, 18:19. 2 The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his... | |
 | Charles R. Swindoll - 1998 - 384 pagine
...rapidfire Scripture quotations, you will rarely find Proverbs 1 8: 19 on the lips of this armored crusader: A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle. His favorite plan of attack is either to overlook or strongly... | |
 | Mark Saunders Schantz - 2000 - 306 pagine
...delivered a carefully crafted address titled "How to Win a Brother." Taking as his text Proverbs 18 ("A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...their contentions are like the bars of a castle") , he aimed to calm the violent tempers of his communicants. Recalling the examples of Cain and Abel,... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 pagine
...neighbour cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall... | |
 | John Phillips - 2001 - 390 pagine
...just a pointed warning of his ability to deal with Jacob now from strength, not weakness as before. "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city!" Already Jacob had forgotten the unseen host that marched with him in the spirit world. "Then Jacob... | |
 | James Shane - 2002 - 710 pagine
...understanding is of an excellent spirit. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. A man... | |
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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. 
