King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 18:19
“A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 18
17
[He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
19
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
20
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.