15:5 A fool rejects his father’s discipline,
but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense. 1
15:22 Plans fail 2 when there is no counsel,
but with abundant advisers they are established. 3
1 tn Heb “is prudent” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NCV, NLT “is wise.” Anyone who accepts correction or rebuke will become prudent in life.
2 tn Heb “go wrong” (so NRSV, NLT). The verb is the Hiphil infinitive absolute from פָּרַר, parar, which means “to break; to frustrate; to go wrong” (HALOT 975 s.v. I פרר 2). The plans are made ineffectual or are frustrated when there is insufficient counsel.
3 sn The proverb says essentially the same thing as 11:14, but differently.