Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
In Context
21Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding regulateth his walk.
23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12And now, come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Proverbs 11:14Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 24:6For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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 →