Verse 18
Proverbs 20:18
Noah Webster Bible
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Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת בְּ/עֵצָ֣ה תִכּ֑וֹן וּ֝/בְ/תַחְבֻּל֗וֹת עֲשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָֽה
English Translation
Plans are established by counsel, and through strategies make war.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
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2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his o...
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3
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothin...
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5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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7
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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8
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
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12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
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13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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14
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.
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15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flatteret...
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20
Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
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22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
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23
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
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24
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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25
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
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26
A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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27
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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28
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
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29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
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30
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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