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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For by wise counsel
tachbulah (Hebrew #8458)
from 2254 as denominative from 2256; (only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), i.e. (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plan
KJV usage: good advice, (wise) counsels.
Pronounce: takh-boo-law'
Origin: or tachbuwlah {takh-boo-law'}
thou shalt make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
: and in multitude
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
of counsellors
ya`ats (Hebrew #3289)
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
KJV usage: advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
there is safety
tshuw`ah (Hebrew #8668)
from 7768 in the sense of 3467; rescue (literal or figurative, pers., national or spir.)
KJV usage: deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory.
Pronounce: tesh-oo-aw'
Origin: or tshuah {tesh-oo-aw'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 20:18• 18Purpose is established by counsel,{HR}And with wise guidance make war. (Prov. 20:18)
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Luke 14:31• 31{i}Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?{/i} (Luke 14:31)
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1 Cor. 9:25‑27• 25And every one that contendeth is temperate in all things: they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
 26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly (so combat, as not beating air.
 27But I discipline my body and lead [it] captive, lest by any means, having preached to others, I myself should be reprobate. (1 Cor. 9:25‑27)
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Eph. 6:10‑20• 10For the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in [the] Lord and in the strength of his might.
 11Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil;
 12for our wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
 13On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand.
 14Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
 15and having shod your feet with [the] preparation of the gospel of peace;
 16besides all, having taken up the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one;
 17and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
 18with all prayer and supplication praying in every season in [the] Spirit, and thereunto watching with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
 19and for me that utterance may be given me in [the] opening of my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel,
 20for which I am an ambassador in chain[s], that in it I may be bold as I ought to speak. (Eph. 6:10‑20)
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1 Tim. 6:11‑12• 11But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit.
 12Combat the good combat of faith; lay hold on the life eternal whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. (1 Tim. 6:11‑12)
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2 Tim. 4:7• 7The good combat I have combated, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept: (2 Tim. 4:7)
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Prov. 11:14• 14Where no advice [is] the people fall;{HR}But in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety. (Prov. 11:14)
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Prov. 15:22• 22Without counsel purposes are disappointed;{HR}But in the multitude of counsellors they are established. (Prov. 15:22)
• The sense of the expression “make war for thyself” is evidently “make successful warfare,” or “war to thine advantage.” (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)
• The wise man is not rash. As he goes out to meet the enemy, he avails himself of the counsel and experience of others. He is not an egoist. His safety is in his willingness to hear what others soberly present. (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For with good adviceb shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safetyc.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Or "wise counsels," as chs. 1.5; 11.14; 20.18.
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Or "victory," as ch. 11.14.

W. Kelly Translation

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For with wise counsels thou shalt make thy war;{HR}And in the multitude of counsellors [is] safety .a

WK Translation Notes

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a
Or, victory.