Proverbs 11:14
Where no strategic policy is, the nation falls, 1 but in the multitude of yoetz (counsellors, advisors) there is teshu'ah (victory, safety). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 Rechav'am went to Shechem; for kol Yisroel were come to Shechem to make him Melech.
Proverbs 16:22Seichel is a Makor Chayyim unto him that hath it, 1 but the musar (instruction, discipline) of fools is folly. 1
Proverbs 24:6For by tachbulot (guidance) thou shalt wage thy milchamah (war), 1 and in a multitude of yo'etz (counselors) there is teshu'ah (victory, safety). 1
Acts 15:6And the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and the Zekenim were gathered together as a council to consider 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 →