Proverbs 18:19

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Proverbs 18:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

18 Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.

19 An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

20 From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Genesis 4:5

but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 4:6

“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?

Genesis 4:7

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

Genesis 4:8

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 27:41

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 27:42

When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.

Genesis 27:43

So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 27:44

Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—

Genesis 27:45

until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

Genesis 32:6

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

Genesis 32:7

In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

Genesis 32:8

He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

Genesis 32:9

Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

Genesis 32:10

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

Genesis 32:11

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

Genesis 37:3

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

Genesis 37:4

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:5

Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

Genesis 37:18

Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

Genesis 37:19

“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

Genesis 37:20

“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

Genesis 37:21

When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

Genesis 37:22

“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

Genesis 37:23

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

Genesis 37:24

and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

Genesis 37:25

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:26

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Genesis 37:27

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

1 Kings 2:24

And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

1 Kings 2:25

So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

2 Chronicles 13:17

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

Acts 15:39

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.