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Proverbs 20:18

World English Bible

Plans are established by advice;
by wise guidance you wage war!

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Proverbs 20:18 in other translations

Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

Proverbs 20:18 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 20:18 in context

  1. 16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
  2. 17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,
    but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
  3. 18Plans are established by advice;
    by wise guidance you wage war!
  4. 19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
    therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
  5. 20Whoever curses his father or his mother,
    his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.