Proverbs 18:19
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An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
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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.
Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
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,
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
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!”
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.