1 Kings 12:1-19; Acts 15:6-21; Isaiah 19:11-14; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 16:22; Proverbs 24:6
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...
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...
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...
counsel: or helmsman. multitude of counsellers. Provided they are really "counsellers". safety . salvation.
Where no counsel is , the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.
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...
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...
1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
For counsel read 'statesmanship.'
In the multitude of counsellors there is safety — i.e., where there are plenty to guide the state.
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Neighbours And Fellow-Citizens ( Proverbs 11:8-14 ). Solomon now deals with contrasts between the righteous and the wicked with regard to their ne...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:14 . Counsel , literally, “pilotage,” “steermanship.” Proverbs 11:15 . Suretyship , literally “striking hands.” S...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deute...
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...
14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.