30And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
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Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
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.
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-30)Here is, I. The great wickedness of the men of Gibeah. One could not imagine that ever it should enter into the heart of men that had the use of human reason, of Israelites that had the benefit of divine revelation, to be so very wicked. “Lord, what is man!” said David, “what a mean creature is he!” “Lord, what is man,” may we say upon the reading of this story, “what a vile creature is he, when h…
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