Quotes About Strategy

A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.

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

There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.

ëLet us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.í

Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!í”

Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!

Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.

Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.

He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.

who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.