Proverbs 15:22
Intentions dissipate where there is no counsel. Yet truly, they are confirmed where there are many counselors.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
In Context
21Folly is gladness to the foolish. And the prudent man sets his own steps in order.
23A man rejoices in the verdict of his own mouth. And a word at the right time is best.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12Now then, come, accept my counsel, and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
Proverbs 11:14Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.
Proverbs 24:6For war is undertaken in an orderly manner, and safety shall be where there are many counsels.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:22
21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. Note, 1. It is the character of a wicked man that he takes pleasure in sin; he has an appetite to the bait, and swallows it greedily, and has no dread of the hook, nor feels from it when he has swallowed it: Folly is joy to him; the folly of others is so, and his own much more. He sins, not only without regret, but with delight, not only repents not of it, but makes his boast of it. This is a certain sign of one that… Read the whole commentary →