Proverbs 20:18
16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
- KJV
- Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- WEB
- Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
- ASV
- Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.
- DARBY
- Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
- BLB
- Plans are established by counsel, and by guidance wage war.
- ÅB
- Planer får fremgang ved rådslagning; søk veiledning også når du fører krig!
- OTB
- Planer blir etablert ved råd; før krig med klok veiledning.
- B1930
- Planer får fremgang ved rådslagning; søk veiledning også når du fører krig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 14:31
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Read in contextProverbs 24:6
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Read in contextProverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Read in contextJudges 1:1–2
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
Read in contextProverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
Read in contextJudges 20:18
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
Read in context2 Samuel 2:26–27
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
Read in contextJudges 20:7
Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
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