Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
‘Counsel’ [Hebrew: tachbulah] helmsman; guide; counsel. Translated counsel (1:5; 11:14; 12:5; 24:6; Job 37:12); and advice (20:18).
‘Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.’ A fool will not listen to wise counsel, as will the wise (12:15). Plans fail when there is no counsel, but succeed where many wise men counsel (15:22).
‘But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.’ Safety, providing they are really counsellors and serve God (cp. 15:22; 24:6; Ps. 1:1).
Two ways of getting wisdom (19:20): Hear counsel and profit by it. Receive instruction (discipline) and live by it.
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