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Selected Verse: Proverbs 15:22 - King James

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Pr 15:22 King James Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Without counsel--or, "deliberation," implying a wise deference to the opinions of the wise and good, contrasted with rashness.
 
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11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.