Proverbs 15:22
Plans go wrong where there is no advice, 1 but with numerous advisors they succeed. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
In Context
23A person finds joy when he gives a pertinent reply; 1 how good is a timely word! 1
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12Now therefore let me give you advice, so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
Proverbs 11:14Where there is no wise direction, a nation falls, 1 but victory comes by consulting many advisors. 1
Proverbs 24:6for by wise direction you can wage your war 1 and with many advisors there is victory. 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 →