Proverbs 18:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ Throwing lots can settle arguments
and ·keep the two sides from fighting [is decisive against powerful people].

¹⁹ A brother who has been ·insulted [offended] is harder to win back than a walled city,
and arguments separate people like the barred gates of a palace.

²⁰ ·People will be rewarded for what they say [^LFrom the fruit of the mouth of a person is their stomach satisfied];
·they will be rewarded by how they speak [^Lthe yield/gain of their lips satisfies].