Proverbs 15:22
If there is no one to give us good advice, we will not accomplish what we are planning to do; but when we have many good advisors, we will succeed.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
In Context
21Foolish people are happy to continually act foolishly; those who have good sense do what is right.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12So if you want to save yourself and your son Solomon from being killed, allow me to tell you what you should do.
Proverbs 11:14A nation will be destroyed/ruined if it does not have leaders who guide it wisely; but if there are many good advisors, the nation remains secure.
Proverbs 24:6Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
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 →