Proverbs 15:22
The making void of purposes [is] without counsel, || And in a multitude of counselors it is established.
Literal Standard Version
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 one lacking heart, || And a man of intelligence directs [his] going.
23Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, || And a word in its season—how good!
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12And now, come, please let me counsel you, and deliver your life and the life of your son Solomon;
Proverbs 11:14Without counsels a people falls, || And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
Proverbs 24:6For you make war for yourself by plans, || And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
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 →