Luke 14:31

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or what king, going out to engage in conflict with another king, will not first sit down and consider and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand [men] to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Cross References

1 Kings 20:11

The king of Israel answered, Tell him: Let not him who girds on his harness boast as he who puts it off.

Job 41:8

Lay your hand upon him! Remember your battle with him; you will not do [such an ill-advised thing] again!

Proverbs 20:18

Purposes and plans are established by counsel; and [only] with good advice make or carry on war.

Proverbs 25:8

Rush not forth soon to quarrel [before magistrates or elsewhere], lest you know not what to do in the end when your neighbor has put you to shame. [Prov. 17:14; Matt. 5:25.]

Luke 14:30

Saying, This man began to build and was not able (worth enough) to finish.

Luke 14:32

And if he cannot [do so], when the other king is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks the terms of peace.