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19 It is harder to win back the friendship of an offended brother than to capture a fortified city.[a] His anger shuts you out like iron bars.

20 Ability to give wise advice satisfies like a good meal!

21 Those who love to talk will suffer the consequences. Men have died for saying the wrong thing!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:19 The Hebrew of this verse is not clear.

19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

20 From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.(B)

21 The tongue has the power of life and death,(C)
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.(D)

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