Proverbs 18:19
19 An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 18:19
Commentary on Proverbs 18:19
(Read Proverbs 18:19)
Great care must be taken to prevent quarrels among relations and those under obligations to each other. Wisdom and grace make it easy to forgive; but corruption makes it difficult.