Proverbs 24:6
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
יָעַץ
yâʻats
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
בֶּטַח
beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Key Terms in This Verse
בֶּטַח beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Study H983 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →Cross References
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Or 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?
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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