Cross references

Proverbs 18:19

An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city,

and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

Proverbs 18:19 BSB

Proverbs 18:19 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:32 (9 votes) and Acts 15:39 (7 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 4 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 18:19 point to?

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  1. 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.

  2. Acts 15:397 votes

    Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

  3. a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

  4. Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. …

  5. 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,

  6. but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? …

  7. Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. …

  8. When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.” In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels. …

  9. Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. …

  10. And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

Which verses point to Proverbs 18:19?

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