Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Plans are established by seeking advice; so if you wage war, obtain guidance. New Living Translation Plans succeed through good counsel; don’t go to war without wise advice. English Standard Version Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. Berean Standard Bible Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance. King James Bible Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. New King James Version Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war. New American Standard Bible Prepare plans by consultation, And make war by wise guidance. NASB 1995 Prepare plans by consultation, And make war by wise guidance. NASB 1977 Prepare plans by consultation, And make war by wise guidance. Legacy Standard Bible Thoughts are established by counsel, So make war by guidance. Amplified Bible Plans are established by counsel; So make war [only] with wise guidance. Christian Standard Bible Finalize plans with counsel, and wage war with sound guidance. Holman Christian Standard Bible Finalize plans with counsel, and wage war with sound guidance. American Standard Version Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Counsel is acquired in the mind and in provocation war is made. Contemporary English Version Be sure you have sound advice before making plans or starting a war. Douay-Rheims Bible Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. English Revised Version Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war, GOD'S WORD® Translation Plans are confirmed by getting advice, and with guidance one wages war. Good News Translation Get good advice and you will succeed; don't go charging into battle without a plan. International Standard Version Make plans by seeking advice; make war by obtaining guidance. JPS Tanakh 1917 Every purpose is established by counsel; And with good advice carry on war. Literal Standard Version You establish purposes by counsel, | And with plans you make war. Majority Standard Bible Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance. New American Bible Plans made with advice succeed; with wise direction wage your war. NET Bible Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance. New Revised Standard Version Plans are established by taking advice; wage war by following wise guidance. New Heart English Bible Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war. Webster's Bible Translation Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. World English Bible Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war! Young's Literal Translation Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wine is a Mocker…17Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel. 18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance. 19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.… 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? Proverbs 11:14 For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance. Proverbs 15:22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs 24:6 Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors. Treasury of Scripture Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. purpose Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established. Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety. and Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. 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? … Judges 9:29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. Jump to Previous Advice Carry Consultation Counsel Effect Establish Established Good Guidance Help Obtain Plans Prepare Purpose Purposes Seeking Wage War WiseJump to Next Advice Carry Consultation Counsel Effect Establish Established Good Guidance Help Obtain Plans Prepare Purpose Purposes Seeking Wage War WiseProverbs 20 1. Proper LivingVerse 18. - Every purpose is established by counsel (comp. Proverbs 15:22, where see note). The Talmud says, "Even the most prudent of men needs friends' counsels;" and none but the most conceited would deem himself superior to advice, or would fail to allow that, as the Vulgate puts it, cogitationes consillis roborantur. This is true in all relations of life, in great and small matters alike, in peace, and, as our moralist adds, in war. With good advice make war; Vulgate, Gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella; Revised Version, By wise guidance make thou war. The word here used is takebuloth, for which see note, Proverbs 1:5. It is a maritime metaphor, rightly retained by the Vulgate, and might be rendered "pilotings," "steerings." War is a necessary evil, but it must be undertaken prudently and with a due consideration of circumstances, means, etc. Our Lord illustrates the necessity of due circumspection in following him by the case of a threatened conflict between two contending kings (Luke 14:31, etc.). Grotius quotes the gnome - Γνῶμαι πλέον κρατοῦσιν η} σθένος χερῶν. "Titan strength of hands availeth counsel more." To which we may add - Βουλῆς γὰρ ὀρθῆς οὐδὲν ἀσφαλέστερον. . . . Hebrew Setתִכּ֑וֹן (ṯik·kō·wn) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect plans מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת (ma·ḥă·šā·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan by consultation, בְּעֵצָ֣ה (bə·‘ê·ṣāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence and wage עֲשֵׂ֣ה (‘ă·śêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make war מִלְחָמָֽה׃ (mil·ḥā·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war under sound guidance. וּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹת (ū·ḇə·ṯaḥ·bu·lō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8458: Steerage, guidance, a plan Links Proverbs 20:18 NIVProverbs 20:18 NLT Proverbs 20:18 ESV Proverbs 20:18 NASB Proverbs 20:18 KJV Proverbs 20:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 20:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 20:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 20:18 French Bible Proverbs 20:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:18 Plans are established by advice (Prov. 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