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Proverbs 20:18

Set plans by consultation,

and wage war under sound guidance.

Proverbs 20:18 BSB

Proverbs 20:18 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 15:22 (8 votes) and Proverbs 24:6 (8 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Joshua 7 to Acts 12.

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Which verses does Proverbs 20:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 15:228 votes

    Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

  2. Proverbs 24:68 votes

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

  3. Luke 14:318 votes

    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?

  4. Judges 1:1–25 votes

    After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?” “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”

  5. Proverbs 11:145 votes

    For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

  6. Judges 20:184 votes

    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.

  7. Judges 20:73 votes

    Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”

  8. 2 Samuel 2:26–273 votes

    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?” “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”

  9. Judges 9:292 votes

    If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”

  10. Judges 20:26–282 votes

    Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD. And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there, …

  11. 2 Chronicles 25:17–232 votes
  12. Proverbs 25:82 votes
  13. Judges 20:231 vote

Which verses point to Proverbs 20:18?

The 10 strongest of 19.