Proverbs 24:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ For by wise guidance you wage your own battle, And delivery is by a great counsellor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: And in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ For by wise counsel you can wage your war, and in an abundance of counselors there is victory and safety.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Common English Bible

⁶ You should make war with guidance; victory comes with many counselors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For war is undertaken in an orderly manner, and safety shall be where there are many counsels.

Proverbs 24:6 Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:4

And he did evil in the eyes of יהוה, like the house of Aḥ

Proverbs 11:14

Without guidance the people fall, But in a great counsellor there is safety.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel, plans go wrong, But by great counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 20:18

By counsel plans are established; And by wise guidance wage a battle.

Luke 14:31

“Or what sovereign, going to fight against another sovereign, does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have guarded the belief.