Proverbs 18:19

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

An ally offended is stronger than a city; such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Acts 15:39

The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David.” So Israel went away to their tents.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

Genesis 37:11

So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah and his army defeated them with great slaughter; five hundred thousand picked men of Israel fell slain.

1 Samuel 17:28

His eldest brother Eliab heard him talking to the men, and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David. He said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down just to see the battle.”

Proverbs 18:18

Casting the lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.

Proverbs 18:20

From the fruit of the mouth one’s stomach is satisfied; the yield of the lips brings satisfaction.