Proverbs 15:22
Plans, are frustrated, for lack of consultation, but, by the multitude of counsellors, shall counsel, be established.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 him that lacketh sense,—but, a man of understanding, taketh a straight course.
23A man hath joy, in the answer of his own mouth, and, a word in its season,—how good!
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12Now, therefore, come; let me give thee counsel, I pray thee,—so shalt thou rescue thine own life, and the life of thy son, Solomon.
Proverbs 11:14With no guidance, a people will fall, but, safety, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.
Proverbs 24:6Surely, with concerted measures, shalt thou make for thyself war, and, success, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.
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 →