Proverbs 11:14
Where no counsell is, the people fall: but where many counsellers are, there is health.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
In Context
15Hee shall be sore vexed, that is suretie for a stranger, and he that hateth suretiship, is sure.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for al Israel were come to Sheche, to make him king
Proverbs 16:22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.
Proverbs 24:6For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
Acts 15:6Then the Apostles and Elders came together to looke to 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 →