Proverbs 24:6
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
5 A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
8 He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
- KJV
- For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- WEB
- for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors.
- ASV
- For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- DARBY
- For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- BLB
- for by wise counsel you can fashion for yourself the battle, and victory [is] in a multitude counselors.
- ÅB
- Du skal søke veiledning når du fører krig; hvor det er mange rådgivere, er det frelse.
- OTB
- For med klok veiledning kan du føre krig, og seier oppnås gjennom mange rådgivere.
- B1930
- Du skal søke veiledning når du fører krig; hvor det er mange rådgivere, er det frelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
Read in contextProverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Read in contextEphesians 6:10–20
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Read in contextProverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Read in contextLuke 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 context1 Timothy 6:11–12
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:25–27
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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