Proverbs 20:18
Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
In Context
17The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.
Cross References
Judges 9:29Now would God this people were vnder mine hand: then would I put away Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
Judges 20:7Behold, ye are al children of Israel: giue your aduise, and counsell herein.
Judges 20:23(For the children of Israel had gone vp and wept before the Lord vnto the euening, and had asked of the Lord, saying, Shall I goe againe to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren? and the Lord said, Go vp against them)
2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sworde deuoure for euer? knowest thou not, that it will be bitternesse in the latter ende? howe long then shall it be, or thou bid the people returne from following their brethren?
2 Kings 18:20Thou thinkest, Surely I haue eloquence, but counsell and strength are for the warre. On whom then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Proverbs 11:14Where no counsell is, the people fall: but where many counsellers are, there is health.
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 →