Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 12:1And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.
Proverbs 16:22Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
Proverbs 24:6Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.
Acts 15:6And the apostles and ancients assembled to consider of 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 →