Proverbs 20:18

New King James Version

Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:6

For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

Luke 14:31

Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Proverbs 11:14

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Judges 20:18

Then the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” The Lord said, “Judah first!”

Judges 20:7

Look! All of you are children of Israel; give your advice and counsel here and now!”

Proverbs 25:8

Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?

Judges 9:29

If only this people were under my authority! Then I would remove Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech, “Increase your army and come out!”

Judges 20:23

Then the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until evening, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, “Shall I again draw near for battle against the children of my brother Benjamin?” And the Lord said, “Go up against him.”

Judges 19:30

And so it was that all who saw it said, “No such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, confer, and speak up!”

1 Kings 1:12

Come, please, let me now give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

2 Kings 18:20

You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?