Luke 14:31

Good News Translation

If a king goes out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to face that other king.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:11

King Ahab answered, “Tell King Benhadad that a real soldier does his bragging after a battle, not before it.”

Job 41:8

Touch him once and you'll never try it again; you'll never forget the fight!

Proverbs 20:18

Get good advice and you will succeed; don't go charging into battle without a plan.

Proverbs 25:8

Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen. If another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then?

Luke 14:30

‘You began to build but can't finish the job!’ they will say.

Luke 14:32

If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off.