Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

无智谋，民就败落；谋士多，人便安居。

无智谋，民就败落；谋士多，就必得胜。

无智谋，民就败落；谋士多，就必得胜。

缺乏智谋，国必败亡；谋士众多，战无不胜。

没有智谋，国家败落；谋士众多，就能得胜。

没有引导，民就落败；谋士众多，就必得胜。

無智謀，民就敗落；謀士多，人便安居。

無智謀，民就敗落；謀士多，就必得勝。

無智謀，民就敗落；謀士多，就必得勝。

缺乏智謀，國必敗亡；謀士眾多，戰無不勝。

沒有智謀，國家敗落；謀士眾多，就能得勝。

無智謀，人民就敗落；謀士多，百姓便安全。

沒有引導，民就落敗；謀士眾多，就必得勝。

無智謀、民必仆、多議士、民乃安、

無良謀、邦必喪、集眾議、國以安。

無政治、民必隕墮、議士多、國乃平康、

For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.

Without guidance a nation falls. But many good advisers can bring victory to a nation.

Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.

Without guidance, a people will fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance.

Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in an abundance of counselors there is victory.

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Without guidance, people fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance.

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

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

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it( for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

Understanding is a well- spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner- stone of her tribes.Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.