Proverbs 15:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 Plans fail when there is no counsel,
but they succeed when advisers are many.[a](A)
23 One has joy from an apt response;
a word in season, how good it is
24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent,
turning them from Sheol below.[c]
Footnotes
- 15:22 Failure to consult makes it likely a plan will not succeed. The point is nicely made by contrasting the singular number in the first line (“no counsel”) with the plural number in the second line (“many advisers”).
- 15:23 Conversation is the art of saying the right thing at the right time. It gives pleasure to speaker and hearer alike.
- 15:24 Death is personified as Sheol, the underworld. “Up” and “down” in Hebrew as in English are metaphors for success and failure (see Dt 28:43). One who stays on the path of life need not fear the punishment that stalks sinners.
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