Proverbs 24:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Proverbs 24:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:14
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Ephesians 6:10-20
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. …
Luke 14:31
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?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-6)

We are tempted to envy those that grow rich, and raise their estates and families, by such unjust courses as our consciences will by no means suffer us to use. But, to set aside that temptation, Solomon here shows that a man, with prudent management, may raise his estate and family by lawful and honest means, with a good conscience, and a good name, and the blessing of God upon his industry; and,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

5-6. The general statement (Ec 9:16, 18) is specially illustrated (compare Pr 21:22; Psa 144:1).