Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off.
Lay your hand on him, remember the battle, do no more.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassador, and desires conditions of peace.