Proverbs 15:22
They that honor not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counselors.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
In Context
21The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12And now come, let me, I pray, give you counsel, and you shall rescue your life, and the life of your son Solomon.
Proverbs 11:14They that have no + 11:14 Or, governance. guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.
Proverbs 24:6War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.
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 →