Proverbs 11:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ Where there is no guidance, a people falls; but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Where no counsel is, the people fall: But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Without guidance, a people will fall, but there is victory with many counselors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.

Proverbs 11:14 Cross References

Proverbs 24:6

for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 20:18

Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.

Proverbs 16:22

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it, but folly is the chastisement of fools.

2 Chronicles 22:4

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done; for after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.

1 Kings 1:12

Now therefore come, let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.