Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
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Bible References
Brother
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
Genesis 4:5
but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"
Genesis 32:6
The messengers returned to Jacob and said, "We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him."
Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.
2 Samuel 13:22
But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.
1 Kings 2:23
King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, "May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
1 Kings 12:16
When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So Israel returned to their homes.
2 Chronicles 13:17
Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.
Acts 15:39
They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus,
Than
Proverbs 16:32
Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.