King James Version
Proverbs 15:22 in the King James Version says “Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.”
Proverbs 15:22 · KJV
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. destitute: Heb. void of heart
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! due: Heb. his season
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“purposes”
H4284a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
“Without counsel”
H5475a session, i.e., company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret
“they are established”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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