 | Walter Macon Lowrie - 1851 - 494 pagine
...naturally expect the greatest happiness. Thus Jacob found that a brother offended is harder to be won tf,an a strong city, and their contentions are like the bars of a castfe, Prov. xviii. 19. After spending twenty, or, as many with great reason, suppose forty years,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pagine
...cometh and searcheth him. 18. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. 19. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. 20. A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth, and with the increase of his lips... | |
 | George Bush - 1852 - 268 pagine
...incidents of the narrative, (1) That quarrels between brethren are usually most bitter and violent. ' A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are as the bars of a castle.' (2) They who have done the greatest service to the cause of God, are not... | |
 | Edward Butt - 1852 - 680 pagine
...school, but also resigned his membership of the church ; thus verifying the truth of the proverb, " A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city." Gladly would the writer throw a veil over the remaining part of the narration, which might be termed... | |
 | 1853 - 48 pagine
...with contentment is great gain. V. FRIEND loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. The fashion of this... | |
 | Samuel Hanson Cox - 1853 - 342 pagine
...and with all my soul, could this be done ; but I fear it is not to be expected, at least in our day ! A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. Setter is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. To me it seems — only possible with God... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1927 - 584 pagine
...nations the apple of discord, causing international ruptures and fratricidal conflict. The proverb says "a brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...their contentions are like the bars of a castle." Wherever those British people have established national government, that government is holding true... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pagine
...therewith. (15:16-17) Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house. (17:13) A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...And their contentions are like the bars of a castle. (18:19) A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pagine
...cometh and searcheth him. 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. 19 men. 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked...that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 16 pagine
...In trying to lead a soul to Christ, we must be careful not to offend the individual. The Bible says, "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city" (Prov. 18:19). But there is no teaching in the Bible that one must live the Christian life before an... | |
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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. 
