Proverbs 20:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת בְּעֵצָ֣ה תִכּ֑וֹן וּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹת עֲשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

maḥašābôt in-ʿēṣâ tikkôn and-in-taḥbulôt ʿaśēh milḥāmâ

Grammar Details

• *maḥašābôt*: noun, feminine plural - plans/thoughts
• *ʿēṣâ*: noun, feminine singular - counsel/advice
• *tikkôn*: verb, Niphal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - are established
• *taḥbulôt*: noun, feminine plural - guidance/direction/strategy
• *ʿaśēh*: verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - make/do
• *milḥāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle

Word Meanings

• *maḥašābôt*: plans/thoughts/intentions
• *ʿēṣâ*: counsel/advice/consultation
• *tikkôn*: are established/are made firm/succeed
• *taḥbulôt*: guidance/direction/strategy/wise counsel
• *ʿaśēh*: make/do/conduct
• *milḥāmâ*: war/battle/conflict

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:22 : 22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
• Prov 24:6 : 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
• Luke 14:31 : 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
• Prov 11:14 : 14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
• Prov 25:8 : 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
• Judg 1:1-2 : 1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
• Judg 9:29 : 29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
• Judg 20:7 : 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
• Judg 20:18 : 18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
• Judg 20:23 : 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
• Judg 20:26-28 : 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD,(for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
• 2 Sam 2:26-27 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
• 2 Chr 25:17-23 : 17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.