Proverbs 18:19 ” A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.”

When we are offended, we become angry or upset by something that another person has said or done. Irrational emotions of resentment & rage can fly around as we feel insulted, attacked, and wounded. And to try and reconcile this relationship may be as difficult as breaking down the protective walls around a castle. For both people may be caught up & imprisoned behind the invisible walls of estrangement…which is so easy to erect, but so hard to demolish. Interestingly enough, the Hebrew word here for “offended” means a rebellious sin where people have lost the ability to distinguished between right and wrong.

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Author: kezha1

A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ.

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