Proverbs 11:14

“Where no counsel [is], the people fall, etc.] 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 kingdom, a commonwealth, nation, or city, fall into ruin and destruction, or into schemes which bring them to it; they are like a ship without a pilot, or without a helm, or one to steer it: the Targum, Syriac, and Vulgate Latin versions, render it, “where there is no governor;” and the Arabic version, “they that have no providence (or forecast) fall as a leaf falls;” and so the Septuagint version, “they that have no government fall as leaves,” as leaves fall in autumn; and the word signifies the…”

“counsel--the art of governing (Pro 1:5). counsellors--literally, "one giving counsel"; the participle used as a collective.”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“11:14 The future of an entire nation depends on wisdom.”

“Pro 15:22, Pro 16:22, Pro 24:6; 1Kings 12:1-19; Isa 19:11-14; Acts 15:6-21 Proverbs 11:15”

“14 Where there is no direction a people fall But where there is no want of counsellors there is safety. Regarding תּחבּות, vid., at Pro 1:5. There it means rules of self-government; here, rules for the government of the people, or, since the pluralet. denotes a multiplicity in unity, circumspect κυβέρνησις. With 14b, Pro 24:6 (where direction in war, as here in peace, is spoken of, and the meaning of the word specializes itself accordingly) agrees; cf. also Pro 15:22. Hitzig criticises the proverb, remarking, "we who have the longest resorted to many counsellors, as a consequence of the superabundance have learned to say, 'Too many cooks spoil the broth,' and, 'He who asks long, errs.'" But…”