Proverbs 11:14
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
יָעַץ
yâʻats
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
בֶּטַח
beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Key Terms in This Verse
בֶּטַח beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Study H983 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors 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.
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