Luke 14:31

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

Or what king that will go to do a battle against another king, whether he sitteth not first, and bethinketh, if he may with ten thousand go to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Cross References

1 Kings 20:11

And the king of Israel answered, and said, Say ye to him, A girded man, that is, he that goeth to battle, have not glory evenly as a man ungirded, that is, as he that hath the victory, and hath put off his armours.

Job 41:8

Shalt thou put thine hand upon him? have thou mind of the battle, and add thou no more to speak.

Proverbs 20:18

Thoughts be made strong by counsels; and battles shall be treated by governances.

Proverbs 25:8

Bring thou not forth soon those things in strife, which thine eyes saw; lest afterward thou mayest not amend, when thou hast made thy friend unhonest or he hath shamed thee.

Luke 14:30

and say, For this man began to build, and might not make an end.

Luke 14:32

Else yet while he is afar, he send-eth a messenger, and prayeth those things that be of peace.