Proverbs 20:18

The Message

Form your purpose by asking for counsel, then carry it out using all the help you can get.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:14

Without good direction, people lose their way; the more wise counsel you follow, the better your chances.

Proverbs 15:22

Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail; take good counsel and watch them succeed.

Proverbs 25:8

Don’t jump to conclusions—there may be a perfectly good explanation for what you just saw.

Luke 14:31

“Or can you imagine a king going into battle against another king without first deciding whether it is possible with his ten thousand troops to face the twenty thousand troops of the other? And if he decides he can’t, won’t he send an emissary and work out a truce?

Judges 20:18

They set out and went to Bethel to inquire of God. The People of Israel said, “Who of us shall be first to go into battle with the Benjaminites?” God said, “Judah goes first.”