A few days ago
Precious

A house that divide against itself, what does it mean?

A house that divide against itself, what does it mean?

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A few days ago
picador

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I think that the expression is “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” It led to the expression “Divide and conquer”. There is strength in unity – all for one, and one for all – and strength in numbers.

If another nation had wished to conquer the U.S.A., the time to do it would have been during the Civil War. The enemies of any nation would want to create division before attack in order to weaken the defences.

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A few days ago
Sarah
It comes from the quote “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.” said by Abraham Lincoln. It means that a group of people cannot progress if they do not work together to reach (a) common goal.

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A few days ago
Boots McGraw
The whole phrase is “a house divided against itself cannot stand”.

It means that disputes within a group will tear apart and destroy the group, whether that group is a social club, a group of friends, co-workers, or a family.

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A few days ago
Sarah
It means that you have to stick together to succeed. This can mean a family, people at work, or a group of any kind. So, if you are in a family, and some of you turn against the others, the family unit itself is at risk from outside influences.
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A few days ago
Boof
In the house of Representative and congress, Abraham Lincoln noted during the war between the states, that the governing body of this nation was divided between slavery and freedom of slave labor. If the house is divided in this issue, he surmised the governing body could not survive (stand). Which is almost what happened in the 1860’s in America.
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A few days ago
walt631
The actual quote is “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

It means that unity is the only way to win the battle.

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A few days ago
thedarksideoflife524
It usually means a family that should stick together is taking sides in a dispute. Rather than working on a compromise, they are fighting against one another.
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A few days ago
Akakage
it’s what it means.

A whole being divided to half.

perhaps love,family,relationship or friendship.

and the causes are…hatred,lies, and searching for power over everything that/or not in control.

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