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Selected Verse: Proverbs 11:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 11:14 |
Strong Concordance |
Where no counsel [08458] is, the people [05971] fall [05307]: but in the multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] there is safety [08668]. |
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King James |
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
counsel--the art of governing (Pro 1:5).
counsellors--literally, "one giving counsel"; the participle used as a collective. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Counsel - See Pro 1:5 note. This precept may well be thought of as coming with special force at the time of the organization of the monarchy of Israel. Compare Kg1 12:6. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
14 Where there is no direction a people fall
But where there is no want of counsellors there is safety.
Regarding תּחבּות, vid., at Pro 1:5. There it means rules of self-government; here, rules for the government of the people, or, since the pluralet. denotes a multiplicity in unity, circumspect κυβέρνησις. With 14b, Pro 24:6 (where direction in war, as here in peace, is spoken of, and the meaning of the word specializes itself accordingly) agrees; cf. also Pro 15:22. Hitzig criticises the proverb, remarking, "we who have the longest resorted to many counsellors, as a consequence of the superabundance have learned to say, 'Too many cooks spoil the broth,' and, 'He who asks long, errs.'" But the truth of the clause 14b is in modern times more fully illustrated in the region of ecclesiastical and political affairs; and in general it is found to be true that it is better with a people when they are governed according to the laws and conclusions which have resulted from the careful deliberation of many competent and authorized men, than when their fate is entrusted unconditionally to one or to a few. The proverb, it must be acknowledge, refers not to counsellors such as in Isa 3:3, but as in Isa 1:26. |
5 A wise [02450] man will hear [08085], and will increase [03254] learning [03948]; and a man of understanding [0995] shall attain [07069] unto wise counsels [08458]:
6 And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] consulted [03289] with the old men [02205], that stood [05975] before [06440] Solomon [08010] his father [01] while he yet lived [02416], and said [0559], How do ye advise [03289] that I may [07725] answer [01697] this people [05971]?
5 A wise [02450] man will hear [08085], and will increase [03254] learning [03948]; and a man of understanding [0995] shall attain [07069] unto wise counsels [08458]:
26 And I will restore [07725] thy judges [08199] as at the first [07223], and thy counsellors [03289] as at the beginning [08462]: afterward [0310] thou shalt be called [07121], The city [05892] of righteousness [06664], the faithful [0539] city [07151].
3 The captain [08269] of fifty [02572], and the honourable [05375] man [06440], and the counsellor [03289], and the cunning [02450] artificer [02791], and the eloquent [0995] orator [03908].
22 Without counsel [05475] purposes [04284] are disappointed [06565]: but in the multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] they are established [06965].
6 For by wise counsel [08458] thou shalt make [06213] thy war [04421]: and in multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] there is safety [08668].
5 A wise [02450] man will hear [08085], and will increase [03254] learning [03948]; and a man of understanding [0995] shall attain [07069] unto wise counsels [08458]: