Proverbs 11:14

Modern

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

Traditional

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

Literal

Without counsels, a people falls, and salvation is in many giving counsel.

Latin

Ubi non est gubernator, populus corruet; salus autem, ubi multa consilia.

Hebrew

English

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

The future of a nation depends on wise decisions.

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 24:6
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
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.
Isaiah 19:11–14
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
Acts 15:6–21
So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.