Proverbs 15:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:14 : 14 When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.
  • Eccl 8:6 : 6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 11:14-15
    2 verses
    85%

    14When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.

    15The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.

  • Prov 24:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.

    7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 20:18
    77%

    18Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.

  • Prov 19:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

    21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

  • Prov 15:23
    76%

    23A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Prov 21:30
    73%

    30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.

  • Prov 14:28
    72%

    28A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

  • Deut 32:28
    72%

    28They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

  • Job 26:3
    71%

    3How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Prov 14:8
    71%

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 14:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

  • Prov 21:22
    71%

    22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.

  • Prov 20:5
    71%

    5Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

  • Prov 1:5
    71%

    5(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

  • Prov 12:20
    71%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

  • Prov 13:20
    70%

    20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 29:18
    70%

    18When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he!

  • Job 3:14
    70%

    14with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

  • Job 22:18
    70%

    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

  • Isa 8:10
    69%

    10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

  • Isa 41:28
    69%

    28I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.

  • Prov 10:19
    69%

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 15:2
    69%

    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Prov 24:3
    69%

    3By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

  • Prov 14:33
    69%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 13:16
    69%

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Job 12:17
    69%

    17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

  • Prov 10:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 14:15
    69%

    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

  • Eccl 7:19
    69%

    19Wisdom Needed Because No One is Truly Righteous Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city.

  • Prov 13:10
    69%

    10With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

  • Prov 12:5
    69%

    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 14:3
    69%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Job 21:16
    69%

    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

  • Job 5:13
    69%

    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • Prov 10:14
    68%

    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 21:5
    68%

    5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Prov 17:16
    68%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Ps 33:10
    68%

    10The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

  • Prov 15:14
    68%

    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 15:16
    68%

    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.