Proverbs 11:14

counsel: or helmsman.

multitude of counsellers. Provided they are really "counsellers".

safety. salvation.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 11:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Counsel - See Proverbs 1:5 note. This precept may well be thought of as coming with special force at the time of the organization of the monarc...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of (g) counsellors [there is] safety. (g) Where God gives store of men of wisdom and co...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Where no counsel is , the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all frau...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the m...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For counsel read 'statesmanship.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the multitude of counsellors there is safety — i.e., where there are plenty to guide the state.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectati...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through know...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Where no counsel [is], the people fall ,.... Where there is no wise and prudent, sound and good counsel, as the word signifies; where that is not, t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety. Ver. 14. Where no counsel is, the people fall. ] As...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Where no counsel is, the people fall “Where prudent counsellors are wanting a nation goes to wreck, as certainly as a ship doth without a pilot; bu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Here is, 1. The bad omen of a king...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No counsel; or, no wise counsel , as the word properly signifies, as Job 37:12 Proverbs 1:5 . In the multitude of counsellors, to wit, of w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Neighbours And Fellow-Citizens ( Proverbs 11:8-14 ). Solomon now deals with contrasts between the righteous and the wicked with regard to their ne...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:14 . Counsel , literally, “pilotage,” “steermanship.” Proverbs 11:15 . Suretyship , literally “striking hands.” S...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little...
The Biblical Illustrator

Where no counsel is, the people fall. The value of advice Kings and rulers stand in special need of counsel. When a ruler is surrounded by good...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deute...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 14. Where no counsel is, no wise direction or leadership, the people fall, decay and ruin come upon the whole country; but in the multitude o...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:1-19 ; Acts 15:6-21 ; Isaiah 19:11-14 ; Proverbs 15:22 ; Proverbs 16:22 ; Proverbs 24:6

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 11:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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