Proverbs 11:14
“Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Where no counsel is, the people fall,.... Where there is no wise and prudent, sound and good counsel, as the word…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Counsel - See Pro 1:5 note. This precept may well be thought of as coming with special force at the time of the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Here is, 1. The bad omen of a kingdom's ruin: Where no counsel is, no consultation at all, but every thing done rashly,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
counsel See Pro 1:5 note. The same Heb. word is there rendered wise counsels, A.V. and sound counsels, R.V. Here R.V.…
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