Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counselors, after the death of his father, to his destruction.
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.