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

Proverbs 11:14

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 14)

Here is, 1. The bad omen of a kingdom’s ruin: Where no counsel is , no consultation at all, but every thing done rashly, or no prudent consultation for the common good, but only caballing for parties and divided interests, the people fall , crumble into factions, fall to pieces, fall together by the ears, and fall an easy prey to their common enemies. Councils of war are necessary to the operation...

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