Proverbs 24:6
For why battle is begun with ordinance; and health shall be, where many counsels be. (For battle is begun with forethought; and victory shall be, where there be many plans, or much good advice.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
In Context
5A wise man is strong, and a learned man is stalworthy and mighty.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:14Where a governor is not, the people shall fall; but health is, where be many counsels. (Without a leader, or good governance, the people shall fall; but there is victory or but there is salvation, or deliverance, where there be many counsellors, or much planning, or good advice.)
Proverbs 20:18Thoughts be made strong by counsels; and battles shall be treated by governances. (Plans be made into successes by good advice; and battles be won by careful planning.)
1 Corinthians 9:25Each man that striveth in (a) fight, abstaineth him (self) from all things; and they, that they take a corruptible crown, (or and they, so that they receive or they win a corruptible crown), but we an uncorrupt (ed) (one).
1 Timothy 6:11But, thou, man of God, flee these things; but follow thou rightwiseness, piety, faith, charity (or love), patience, (and) mildness (or and meekness and humility).
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:4-7
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. We are tempted to envy those that grow rich, and raise their estates and families, by such unjust courses as our consciences will by no means suffer us to use. But, to set aside that… Read the whole commentary →