Verse 18

Plans are established by counsel; with wise guidance wage your war.

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  • Prov 15:22 : 22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
  • Prov 24:6 : 6 For with wise counsel you wage war, and in an abundance of advisers there is victory.
  • Luke 14:31 : 31 Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
  • Prov 11:14 : 14 Without guidance, a nation falls, but victory is found in an abundance of counselors.
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.
  • Judg 1:1-2 : 1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Who will go up first for us to fight against the Canaanites?" 2 The LORD answered, "Judah shall go up. I have given the land into his hand."
  • Judg 9:29 : 29 If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech!" Then he said to Abimelech, "Gather your army and come out!"
  • Judg 20:7 : 7 Now, all you Israelites, give your verdict and advice here and now.
  • Judg 20:18 : 18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjaminites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."
  • Judg 20:23 : 23 The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD. They asked, "Shall we go up again to wage war against the Benjaminites, our brothers?" The LORD answered, "Go up against them."
  • Judg 20:26-28 : 26 Then all the Israelites, the entire army, went up to Bethel, wept, sat before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening. They offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD. 27 And the Israelites inquired of the LORD (the Ark of the Covenant of God was there in those days), 28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was ministering before it. They asked, "Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjaminites, our brothers, or shall we stop?" The LORD answered, "Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands."
  • 2 Sam 2:26-27 : 26 Abner called out to Joab and said, 'Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long will you delay telling the people to stop pursuing their brothers?' 27 Joab answered, 'As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the people would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.'
  • 2 Chr 25:17-23 : 17 After taking counsel, Amaziah king of Judah sent word to Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, challenging him to meet face to face. 18 But Joash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: 'A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, "Give your daughter to my son in marriage." Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.' 19 You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why provoke disaster so that you and Judah will fall? 20 But Amaziah would not listen, for this was from God, so that he might deliver them into the hands of their enemies, because they sought the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah. 22 Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his own home. 23 Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a section four hundred cubits long.