Proverbs 11:14

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 11:14 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 1:12Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
  2. 1 Kings 12:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
  3. Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
  4. Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
  5. Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
  6. Proverbs 24:6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
  7. Isaiah 19:11The 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”?
  8. Acts 15:6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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