King James Version
Proverbs 20:18 in the King James Version says “Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.”
Proverbs 20:18 · KJV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. flattereth: or, enticeth
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. lamp: or, candle
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Every purpose”
H4284a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
“is established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“and with good advice”
H8458(only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), i.e., (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plan
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