Proverbs 15:22

15:22 Plans fail ¹  when there is no counsel,

but with abundant advisers they are established. ² 

Proverbs 24:6

24:6 for with guidance you wage your war,

and with numerous advisers there is victory. ³ 

[15:22]  ¹ 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.

[15:22]  ² sn The proverb says essentially the same thing as 11:14, but differently.

[24:6]  ³ sn The point of the saying is that wise counsel is necessary in war. Victory, strategy, and counsel are more important than mere military strength – many great armies have been destroyed because of their unwise leaders. See on this theme 11:14; 20:18; and 21:22.