Proverbs 24:6

Translations

Modern

Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

Traditional

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Literal

…for by wise counsel you can fashion for yourself the battle, and victory is in a multitude counselors.

Latin

…quia cum dispositione initur bellum, et erit salus ubi multa consilia sunt.

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Hebrew

English

Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

Notes

Proverbs 24:5–6

Saying 21: See Proverbs 21:22.

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

Theme notes and profiles

Counsel from Others

Related verses

Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
Proverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Luke 14:31
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Ephesians 6:10–20
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
1 Timothy 6:11–12
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
1 Corinthians 9:25–27
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

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Topics

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