18 The lot [a]causeth contentions to cease, and [b]maketh a partition among the mighty.

19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and their contentions are like the [c]bar of a palace.

20 With the fruit of a man’s mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:18 If a controversy cannot otherwise be decided, it is best to cast lots to know whose the thing shall be.
  2. Proverbs 18:18 Appeaseth their controversy, which are so stout that cannot otherwise be pacified.
  3. Proverbs 18:19 Which for the strength thereof will not bow nor yield.

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