“ Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. ”
Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. With good advice make war, - Perhaps there is not a precept in this whole book so little regarded as this. Most of the wars t...
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. And with good advice make war - for victory is more often obtained by skill than by strength. First sit down and count...
1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature e...
Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There i...
[Every] purpose is established by counsel ,.... Or "the thought" f of a man, everyone of them, what he has thought to do, formed a scheme of in his mind, and resolved upon, by taking advice of his f...
Proverbs 20:18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. Ver. 18. Every purpose is established by counsel. ] That thy proceedings be not either unconstant o...
Every purpose is established by counsel “Rashness spoils the best designs, which must be carried on prudently, and with good advice, if we would have them to prove successful.” And with good advic...
18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. Note, 1. It is good in every thing to act with deliberation, and to consult with ourselves at least, and,...
Every purpose is established by counsel; the way to bring our purposes and desires to a good effect, is to manage them with serious consideration and good advice. And ; or, therefore . This is ne...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:18 . The first clause may be read, Establish thy purpose by counsel . Proverbs 20:19 . “Him that flattereth.” Rather, him that openeth wide his lips, i.e. , th...
Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Every purpose is established by counsel. Counsel “Of all apostolic habits the most habitual,” writes arehbishop Benson, “was the usage of counsel. The upper chamber, the house, the home of Mary...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
v. 18. Every purpose is established by counsel, definite plans should be formulated only after a careful consultation with such as are in a position to advise; and with good advice make war, afte...
2 Chronicles 25:17-23 ; 2 Samuel 2:26 ; 2 Samuel 2:27 ; Judges 1:1 ; Judges 1:2 ; Judges 20:18 ; Judges 20:23 ; Judges 20:26-28 ; Judges 20:7 ; Judges 9:29 ; Luke 14:31 ; Proverbs 15:22 ;...
Established — The way to bring our purposes to good effect is to manage them with serious consideration.