Focused Passage

Proverbs 11:14

Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order

The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.

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14 For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

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Verse 14

Original words

For lack בְּאֵ֣ין H369 Preposition-b | Adverb of guidance תַּ֭חְבֻּלוֹת H8458 Noun - feminine plural a nation עָ֑ם H5971 Noun - masculine singular falls יִפָּל־ H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular but with many בְּרֹ֣ב H7230 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular counselors יוֹעֵֽץ׃ H3289 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular [comes] deliverance וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה H8668 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

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