Proverbs 11:14
Where a governor is not, the people shall fall; but health is, where be many counsels. (Without a leader, or good governance, the people shall fall; but there is victory or but there is salvation, or deliverance, where there be many counsellors, or much planning, or good advice.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 12:1Forsooth Rehoboam came into Shechem; for all Israel was gathered thither to make him king.
Proverbs 16:22The well of life is the learning of him that wieldeth (it); the teaching of fools is folly.
Proverbs 24:6For why battle is begun with ordinance; and health shall be, where many counsels be. (For battle is begun with forethought; and victory shall be, where there be many plans, or much good advice.)
Acts 15:6And the apostles and elder men came together, to see of this word.
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 →