For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Parallel translations
- WEB for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.
- BSB Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
- NKJV For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.
- NASB For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in an abundance of counselors there is victory.
- NLT So don’t go to war without wise guidance; victory depends on having many advisers.
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Quick answer
Victory in conflict comes through wise guidance and many counselors.
Overview
Wars, and by extension life's struggles, are won through careful counsel rather than impulsive force. The abundance of wise advisors brings safety and success. This commends humble, communal discernment, a principle the body of Christ embodies as members counsel and build one another up (Prov. 11:14).
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- Prov 11:14Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Prov 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- Prov 15:22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Luke 14:31Or 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?
- Eph 6:10–20Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
- 1 Tim 6:11–12But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- 1 Cor 9:25–27And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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