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18 A coin toss[a] ends arguments and settles disputes between powerful opponents.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:18 A coin toss, literally, “The lot.”
  2. Proverbs 18:19 The Hebrew of this verse is not clear.

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