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14 Where there is no guidance, a people falls;
    but in an abundance 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 plans go wrong,
    but with many advisers they succeed.

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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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A wise man is mightier than a strong man,[a]
    and a man of knowledge than he who has strength;
for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
    and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:5 Gk Compare Syr Tg: Heb is in strength

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