Proverbs 11:14
Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
In Context
15He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel came to Shechem to make him king.
Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 24:6For by wise guidance thou shall make thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Acts 15:6And the apostles and the elders were assembled together to see about this matter.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:13-14
12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. I. Silence is here recommended as an instance of true friendship, and a preservative of it, and therefore an evidence, 1. Of wisdom: A man of understanding, that has rule over his own spirit, if he be provoked, holds his peace, that he may neither give vent to his passion nor kindle the passion of others by any opprobrious… Read the whole commentary →