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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 20) Proverbs 20:18 KJV
"Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war."
Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 18
Proverbs 20:18 in Context (Verses 15–21 KJV)
15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.*
18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.*
20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.*
21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.