Proverbs 11:15
רַע ־ יֵרוֹעַ כִּי ־ עָרַב זָר וְשֹׂנֵא תֹקְעִים בּוֹטֵֽחַ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
In Context
14בְּאֵין תַּחְבֻּלוֹת יִפָּל ־ עָם וּתְשׁוּעָה בְּרֹב יוֹעֵֽץ ׃
16אֵֽשֶׁת ־ חֵן תִּתְמֹךְ כָּבוֹד וְעָרִיצִים יִתְמְכוּ ־ עֹֽשֶׁר ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 17:18אָדָם חֲסַר ־ לֵב תּוֹקֵעַ כָּף עֹרֵב עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵֽהוּ ׃
Proverbs 22:26אַל ־ תְּהִי בְתֹֽקְעֵי ־ כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:15
14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Here is, 1. The bad omen of a kingdom's ruin: Where no counsel is, no consultation at all, but every thing done rashly, or no prudent consultation for the common good, but only caballing for parties and divided interests, the people fall, crumble into factions, fall to pieces, fall together by the ears, and fall an easy prey to their common enemies. Councils of war are necessary to the operations of war; two eyes see more… Read the whole commentary →