14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.(B)

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14 A nation falls through a lack of guidance,
    but victory comes through the counsel of many.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:14 Or through much planning

14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

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22 Plans fail without advice,
    but with many counselors they are confirmed.

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

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Saying 22

The wise prevail through great power,
    and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
Surely you need guidance to wage war,
    and victory is won through many advisers.(A)

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A wise man is strong,[a]
    and a knowledgeable man grows in strength.
For through wise counsel you will wage your war,
    and victory lies in an abundance of advisors.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:5 So MT; LXX reads Being wise is better than being strong

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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