Proverbs 11:14
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 11:14 in other translations
| BSB | For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance. |
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| WEB | Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory. |
| ASV | Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
| YLT | Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors. |
| DARBY | Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
| BBE | When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe. |
| Webster | Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. |
What does Proverbs 11:14 mean?
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Proverbs 11:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 11:14
- Proverbs 24:6
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
- 1 Kings 12:1-19
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. …
- Acts 15:6-21
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. …
- Isaiah 19:11-14
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? Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
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Context
- Proverbs 11:13
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
- Proverbs 11:14
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Proverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Proverbs 11:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando faltaren las industrias, caerá el pueblo: mas en la multitud de consejeros hay salud. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand il n’y a pas de direction le peuple tombe, mais il y a salut dans le grand nombre des conseillers. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wo keine Führung ist, verfällt ein Volk; aber Heil ist bei der Menge der Ratgeber. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ubi non est gubernator, populus corruet; salus autem, ubi multa consilia. |