Proverbs 20:18

Plans are established by advice; 2 by wise guidance you wage war! 1

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

In Context

17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, 2 but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. 1

19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; 2 therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:14Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, 2 but in the multitude of counselors there is victory. 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 →

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