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Proverbs 20:18

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Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

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  1. Proverbs 20:16

    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  2. Proverbs 20:17

    Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  3. Proverbs 20:19

    He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

  4. Proverbs 20:20

    Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.