Proverbs 15:22
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; 2 but in a multitude of counselors they are established. 1
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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 who is void of wisdom, 2 but a man of understanding keeps his way straight. 1
23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. 2 How good is a word at the right time! 1
Cross References
Proverbs 11:14Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, 2 but in the multitude of counselors there is victory. 1
Proverbs 24:6for by wise guidance you wage your war; 2 and victory is in many advisers. 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 →