Proverbs 18:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ Casting lots will put a stop to arguing.
    It will keep the strongest enemies apart.

¹⁹ A broken friendship is harder to handle than a city with high walls around it.
    And arguing is like the locked gates of a mighty city.

²⁰ Because of what they say a person can fill their stomach.
    What their words produce can satisfy them.