Proverbs 20:18
Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
In Context
17The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
19Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
Cross References
Judges 9:29Would to God that some man would put this people under my hand, that I might remove Abimelech out of the way. And it was said to Abimelech: Gather together the multitude of an army, and come.
Judges 20:7You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
Judges 20:23Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
2 Samuel 2:26And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren?
2 Kings 18:20Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to prepare thyself for battle. On whom dost thou trust, that thou darest to rebel?
Proverbs 11:14Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:18
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Note, 1. Sin may possibly be pleasant in the commission: Bread of deceit, wealth gotten by fraud, by lying and oppression, may be sweet to a man, and the more sweet for its being ill-gotten, such pleasure does the carnal mind take in the success of its wicked projects. All the pleasures and profits of sin are bread of deceit. They are stolen, for they are forbidden fruit; and they will deceive men, for they are not what… Read the whole commentary →