Proverbs 20:18 KJV

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Matthew Henry

  • Proverbs 20:1–30It seems hard to believe that men of the greatest abilities, as well as the ignorant, should render themselves fools and madmen, merely for the taste or...

Thompson Chains

  • CounselLink 5 of 6 · next Proverbs 24:6

Cross References

  • Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
  • Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
  • Luke 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
  • Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
  • Judges 1:1–2 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? …

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Topics

  • Counsel General scriptures concerning Counsel
  • Prudence General scriptures concerning Prudence
  • War Counsels of War
  • Wisdom Worldly

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • purpose מַחֲשָׁבוֹת maḥăšābôt מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural
  • is established תִכּוֹן tikkôn כּוּן Verb · niphal imperfect, third person feminine singular
  • by counsel בְּעֵצָה bĕʿēṣâ עֵצָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
  • and with good advice וּבְתַחְבֻּלוֹת ûbĕtaḥbulôt תַּחְבֻּלָה Noun · feminine plural · with and, preposition
  • make עֲשֵׂה ʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
  • war מִלְחָמָה milḥāmâ מִלְחָמָה Noun · feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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