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

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14 Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth;
But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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22 Without counsel, purposes are disappointed,
    but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

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22 Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed;
But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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Saying Twenty-Two

A wise man is strong;
    yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.
For by wise counsel you will wage your war,
    and in multitude of counselors there is safety.

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A wise man [a]is strong;
Yea, a man of knowledge [b]increaseth might.
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war;
And in the multitude of counsellors there is [c]safety.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:5 Hebrew is in strength.
  2. Proverbs 24:5 Hebrew strengtheneth might.
  3. Proverbs 24:6 Or, victory