Proverbs 11:14
What meaning of the proverbs 11:14 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 11:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety."
What does Proverbs 11:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety."
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 monarchy of Israel. Compare 1 Kings 12:6....
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 11:18, and Proverbs 11:31). Proverb...
COUNSEL: or helmsman. MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLERS. Provided they are really "counsellers". SAFETY. salvation....
_counsel_ See Proverbs 1:5 note. The same Heb. word is there rendered _wise counsels_, A.V. and _sound counsels_, R.V. Here R.V. renders _wise guidance_, with reference perhaps to the root-meaning of...
TEXT Proverbs 11:12-21 12. He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; But he that...
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 fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed, ...
11:14 safety. (f-16) Or 'victory;' and so ch. 21.31; 24.6....
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. V2 A proud man suffers shame. A humble man becomes wise. V3 A good man i...
IN THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS THERE IS SAFETY — _i.e.,_ where there are plenty to guide the state....
בְּ אֵ֣ין תַּ֭חְבֻּלֹות יִפָּל ־עָ֑ם וּ֝ תְשׁוּעָ֗ה בְּ רֹ֣ב יֹועֵֽץ׃...
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
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 expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
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 counsel....
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. When it goeth we...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
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, there had as good be none, or better; a people, a king...
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 pilot is, the ship miscarrieth. The Vulgat...
_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; but a country is safe when there are many wise men to...
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 OF COUNSELORS THERE IS SAFETY, that is, it is bound to se...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
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 wise and good counsellors, for such will employ and unite thei...
Proverbs 11:14 counsel H8458 people H5971 fall H5307 (H8799) multitude H7230 counselors H3289 (H8802) safety H8668 Proverbs 15:22, Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 24:6; 1 Kings 12:1-19;...
NEIGHBOURS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS (PROVERBS 11:8). Solomon now deals with contrasts between the righteous and the wicked with regard to their neighbours and fellow-citizens. The first two verses in the s...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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 short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_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 counsellors he and his people are safe. We can trace...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:14. COUNSEL, literally, “pilotage,” “steermanship.” PROVERBS 11:15. SURETYSHIP, literally “striking hands.” See Notes and Illustration on chap. Proverbs 6:1. Stuart tran...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13, Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus 19:35, Leviticus 19...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
1 Kings 12:1; Acts 15:6; Isaiah 19:11; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 16:22; Proverbs 24:6...