Proverbs 20:18
Every plan is established by etzah, 1 and with tachbulot (guidance) wage milchamah. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 9:29O that this people were under my yad! Then would I remove Avimelech. And he said to Avimelech, Gather thine tze'va (army), and come out!
Judges 20:7Hinei, ye are all Bnei Yisroel; give here your advice and etzah (counsel, verdict).
Judges 20:23(And the Bnei Yisroel went up and wept before Hashem until erev, and asked counsel of Hashem, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the Bnei Binyamin achi? And Hashem said, Go up against him.)
2 Samuel 2:26Then Avner called to Yoav, and said, Shall the cherev devour lanetzach (forever)? Knowest thou not that it will be marah in the latter end? Ad mosai shall it be then, until thou bid the people return from pursuing their brethren?
2 Kings 18:20Thou sayest — but they are mere davar sfatayim (words of lips, vain words) — I have etzah (counsel) and gevurah (strength) for the milchamah. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Proverbs 11:14Where no strategic policy is, the nation falls, 1 but in the multitude of yoetz (counsellors, advisors) there is teshu'ah (victory, safety). 1
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 →