Proverbs 15:22
in Proverbs 15Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
KJV
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
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This verse in Proverbs 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut in the multitude of counsellors - See note on Pro 11:13 (note). But רב יועצים rob yoatsim might be translated, chief or master of the council, the prime minister.
This site's exposition
Plans fail for lack of counsel
on Proverbs 15:22-23
“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed,” a proverb about planning whose advisers are valued for their honesty. “A man takes joy in a fitting reply,” and “how good is a timely word,” named good, its timing counted as part of its worth.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Without counsel purposes are disappointed,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Counsellors - The Hebrew word, used almost as an official title 1Ch 27:32; Isa 1:26; Isa 19:11, brings before us the picture of the council-chamber of Eastern countries, arranged for a solemn conference of the wise.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָפֵ֣ר | hafer | they go wrong | H6565 → | |
| מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת | machashavot | plans | H4284 → | 56 times |
| בְּאֵ֣ין | beein | when there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| ס֑וֹד | sod | [is] counsel | H5475 → | 21 times |
| וּבְרֹ֖ב | uvero | and with multitude of | H7230 → | 149 times |
| יוֹעֲצִ֣ים | yoatzim | counselors | H3289 → | 79 times |
| תָּקֽוּם׃ | takum | it is established | H6965 → | 628 times |
הָפֵ֣רthey go wrong
haferH6565 →
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתplans
machashavotH4284 →56 times
בְּאֵ֣יןwhen there not
beeinH369 →789 times
ס֑וֹד[is] counsel
sodH5475 →21 times
וּבְרֹ֖בand with multitude of
uveroH7230 →149 times
יוֹעֲצִ֣יםcounselors
yoatzimH3289 →79 times
תָּקֽוּם׃it is established
takumH6965 →628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 11:14For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
it leads to
- Proverbs 24:6
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
- Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- 1 Kings 12:1–19
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- Proverbs 24:6
Through
Ecclesiastes 8:6For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 3:1
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:1
Through
Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
it leads to
- Luke 14:31
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- Judges 1:1–2
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
- Luke 14:31
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.