Proverbs 20:18

A Conservative Version

Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:6

For by wise guidance thou shall make thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Luke 14:31

Or what king going to encounter another king in war, will not, having first sat down, consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Proverbs 15:22

Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Proverbs 11:14

Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Judges 20:18

And the sons of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God. And they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the sons of Benjamin? And LORD said, Judah first.

Judges 20:7

Behold, ye sons of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?

Judges 9:29

And would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

Judges 20:23

And the sons of Israel went up and wept before LORD until evening. And they asked of LORD, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the sons of Benjamin my brother? And LORD said, Go up against him.

Judges 19:30

And it was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the sons of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel, and speak.

1 Kings 1:12

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou may save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

2 Kings 18:20

Thou say (but they are but vain words), [There is] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do thou trust that thou have rebelled against me?