Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
Proverbs 18:19 - Catholic Public Domain Version A brother who is helped by a brother is like a reinforced city, and judgments are like the bars of cities. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: And their contentions are like the bars of a castle. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A brother offended is harder to be won over than a strong city, and [their] contentions separate them like the bars of a castle. American Standard Version (1901) A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And such contentions are like the bars of a castle. Common English Bible An offended ally is more formidable than a city; such quarreling is like the bars of a castle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities. English Standard Version 2016 A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle. |
Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
Yet Absalom did not speak to Amnon, neither good nor evil. For Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.
Then Absalom commanded his servants, saying: "Observe when Amnon will have become drunk with wine. And when I say to you, 'Strike and kill him!' do not be afraid. For it is I who commands you. Be strong and valiant men."
And so the people, seeing that the king had not been willing to listen to them, responded to him, saying: "What part do we have in David? Or what inheritance do we have in the son of Jesse? Go to your own tents, O Israel. Now David, see to your own house." And Israel went away to their own tents.
Therefore, Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter. And five hundred thousand strong men of Israel fell wounded.
A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.
From the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be filled. And the harvest of his own lips shall satisfy him.
And there occurred a dissension, to such an extent that they departed from one another. And Barnabas, indeed taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus.
Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: "Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle."