Luke 14:31
What king goes to war with another king without first sitting down with his advisors to work out whether he and his ten thousand can defeat the one marching against him with twenty thousand?
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In Context
30‘Look at him: he started building but he couldn't finish.’
Cross References
2 Kings 18:20You say you have a strategy and are ready for war, but these are empty words. Who are you relying on, now that you have rebelled against me?
Proverbs 20:18With sound advice, plans are successful; if you're going to war, make sure you have good guidance.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →