Proverbs 20:18 Cross References - MLV

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel and make war with wise guidance.

¹ And it happened after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who will go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them? ² And Jehovah said, Judah will go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

²⁹ And would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army and come out.

⁷ Behold, you* sons of Israel, all of you*, give your* advice and counsel here.

¹⁸ And the sons of Israel arose and went up to Bethel and asked counsel of God. And they said, Who will go up for us first to battle against the sons of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.

²³ And the sons of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until evening. And they asked of Jehovah, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the sons of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah said, Go up against him.

²⁶ Then all the sons of Israel and all the people, went up and came to Bethel and wept and sat there before Jehovah and fasted that day until evening and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.
²⁷ And the sons of Israel asked of Jehovah (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 sons of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.

²⁶ Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers? ²⁷ And Joab said, As God lives unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up every man from following his brother.

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 look each other 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 your daughter to my son as a wife. And there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trampled down the thistle.
¹⁹ You say, Behold, I have struck Edom. And your heart lifts you up to boast. Remain now at home. Why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you and Judah with you?
²⁰ But Amaziah would not hear, for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. ²¹ So Joash King of Israel went up. And he and Amaziah king of Judah looked each other in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. ²² And Judah was put to the worse before Israel and they fled every man to his tent.
²³ And Joash King of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

¹⁴ Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

²² Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but they are established in the multitude of counselors.

⁶ Because by wise guidance you will make your war and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

⁸ Do not go forth hastily to strive. What will you do in the end of it when your neighbor has put you to shame?

³¹ Or what king, while traveling to encounter a different king in war, has not sit down first and plans if he is able at ten-thousand to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?