George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 18:19
Judgments of many are more deserving of credit. Hebrew, "a brother offended, is like a strong place, and their quarrels," &c. The are not easily reconciled. Civil wars are most terrible. (Calmet)
Judgments of many are more deserving of credit. Hebrew, "a brother offended, is like a strong place, and their quarrels," &c. The are not easily reconciled. Civil wars are most terrible. (Calmet)
Verse Proverbs 18:19. _A BROTHER OFFENDED_ IS HARDER TO BE WON _THAN A STRONG_ _CITY_] Almost all the _versions_ agree in the following reading: "A brother assisted by a brother, is like a fortified...
The meaning of the first clause is obtained in the King James Version by the insertion of the words in italics, and it seems on the whole to be the best. The Septuagint and Vulgate give an entirely di...
CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose. Such a one becomes...
PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
OFFENDED. dealt falsely with....
_offended_ or _injured_, R.V. marg. _like the bars of a castle_ forming an impassable barrier to reconciliation....
A BROTHER OFFENDED— _As a fortified city is a brother assisted by a brother; and they who mutually love one another, are like the bars of a castle._ Houb. following the Vulgate. The author of the _Obs...
STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24 1. How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)? 2. How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)? 3. What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14? 4. L
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. A BROTHER OFFENDED, [ nipshaa` (H6586 ) - OFFENDED BY THE DEFECTION OR TRANSGRESSION...
18:19 offended (d-3) Or 'injured.'...
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The ali...
Family arguments can be serious problems. Relatives can struggle to solve an argument, if you upset them. It is hard to persuade your brother to forgive you. If you have hurt him, then he might refuse...
King Solomon was also a judge. These verses are about judgements in court....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 18 V1 An unfriendly man is selfish. He is not sensible. V2 A foo
A BROTHER OFFENDED. — Or rather, _wronged._ THEIR CONTENTIONS. — Of such as have once been friends, “are like the bars of a castle,” or palace, forming an almost impassable barrier to reconciliation....
אָ֗ח נִפְשָׁ֥ע מִ קִּרְיַת ־עֹ֑ז _וּ֝_†_מִדְיָנִ֗ים_†...
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or "q...
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the (n) bars of a castle. (n) Which for the strength of it will not bow or yield....
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
A BROTHER OFFENDED [IS HARDER TO BE WON] THAN A STRONG CITY,.... A fortified city may sooner be taken by an enemy, than one brother offended can be reconciled to another; their resentments against eac...
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle. Ver. 19. _A brother offended is harder to be won, &c._] Whether it be a brother b...
_A brother offended_ Namely, by his brother's unkindness or injury; _is harder to be won_ Or, is stronger and more impregnable; _than a strong city_ Which is hardly to be conquered. _And their content...
V. 19. A BROTHER OFFENDED IS HARDER TO BE WON THAN A STRONG CITY, or if he has been estranged by some deliberate offense, by a breach of faith, he will look upon every attempt at adjustment with suspi...
OFFENDED, to wit, by his brother's unkindness or injury. IS HARDER TO BE WON; or, _is stronger_, which is sufficiently understood by the mention of a strong city, to which he is compared; such ellipse...
Proverbs 18:19 brother H251 offended H6586 (H8737) strong H5797 city H7151 contentions H4079 (H8675) H4066 bars
THE TONGUE AFFECTS MAN IN MANY WAYS, MAKING HIM STRONG AND WISE, AND GIVING HIM LIFE, OR CAUSING HIM GREAT GRIEF, FINALLY RESULTING IN DEATH (PROVERBS 18:14). In this subsection we have an emphasis on...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
_A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city._ PHYSICAL POWER AND MORAL POWER In the early life of men and communities, the power most admired is physical power. Those who can conquer i...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:15 These proverbs can apply to many settings. Here they seem focused on the courtroom. A judge must have an INTELLIGENT HEART in order to acquire knowledge
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 18:19. “IS HARDER TO BE WON;” these words are not in the original, but have been inserted to supply the sense. Some translators read “_a brother offended resisteth more than...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then com...
1 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 2:23; 2 Chronicles 13:17; 2 Samuel 13:22;...