Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel, plans go amiss, 1 but in the multitude of yo'atzim (counsellors) they are established. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
In Context
23An ish hath simchah in the apt reply of his peh (mouth), 1 and a timely davar, mah tov (how good!) 1
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12Therefore come, let me, now, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own nefesh, and the nefesh of thy ben Sh'lomo.
Proverbs 11:14Where no strategic policy is, the nation falls, 1 but in the multitude of yoetz (counsellors, advisors) there is teshu'ah (victory, safety). 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
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 →